Architectura numismatica; or, Architectural medals of classic antiquity: illustrated and explained by comparison with the monuments and the descriptions of ancient authors, and copious text. One hundred lithographs and woodcuts (1859)
Donaldson, Thomas Leverton, 1795-1885 · London, Day & son · leaf 201
ons of 124 AECHITECTURA NUMISMATIOA. dedications to tlie gods of Heliopolis. There areopenings at eacli end of the portico into the towers,formed by square pilasters. In the external walls ofthese towers are two stories of square recesses or^dicul^, with highly-enriched dressings. Hitherto it had… … This large temple has been generally thought to bethat of the Sun, of which this forms the Propyleum;and one would be led naturally to suppose that inthe city of the Sun the principal temple would bethe one sacred to the divinity of the place. But thesigils I • 0 • M • H immediately mark…
Architecture, Ancient · Medals
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