The American house-carpenter; a treatise on the art of building, and the strength of materials (1873)
Hatfield, R. G. (Robert Griffith), 1815-1879 · New York : J. Wiley · leaf 104
remely delicate,youthful and virgin-like. However they may differ in theiigeneral character, they are alike famous for grace and dignity,elegance and grandeur, to a high degree of perfection. 198.—The DORIC ORDER, (Fig. 120,) is so ancient that its originis unknown—although some have pretended to… … Fig. 119. The trunks of trees, set perpendicularly to support the roof,may be taken for columns ; the tree laid upon the tops of theperpendicular ones, the architrave ; the ends of the cross-beamswhich rest upon the architrave, the triglyphs; the tree laid onthe cross-beams as a support for the…
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