An encyclopaedia of architecture, historical, theoretical, & practical. New ed., rev., portions rewritten, and with additions by Wyatt Papworth (1888)
Gwilt, Joseph, 1784-1863, Papworth, Wyatt Angelicus Van Sandau, 1822-1894 · London Longmans, Green · leaf 983
e in the moreancient the entire aper-ture without the arch isa square. In the Arch of Poli-phile the entablature andpediments are nearlyequal in quantity to eachof the piers upon whichthey are carried ; and thepiers themselves are inwidth only one quarter ofthe whole breadth of thefacade : it will… … AnCH OK ADGUSTUS AT SUSA. Fig. 1053. ture, opening a square to the springing: width divided into four, two given to the openingand one to each pier, which has a three-quarter column at the angle: aUic as high as piersare wide. la arches with three openings, as those of Septimus Severus and…
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