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An encyclopaedia of architecture, historical, theoretical, & practical. New ed., rev., portions rewritten, and with additions by Wyatt Papworth (1888)

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»i;Cll OK AlOUSTlS, AT AOSTA. Chap, ir. PRINCIPLES OF PROPORTION. 9Cil … The Arch of Sereins atPu!a is a perfect s<)uare,without attic, like that ofTitus. The Arch of Titus atRome, raised by the senateand Roman peojile to com-memorate the coniiuest ofJudcea, is one of the bestexamples of proportion thatremain: built of whitemarble, it is a monumentof constructive…

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