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 284
that it had just receivedits tenant. Each valve presents a large square panelwith a circular patera in the centre and four knobsat the angles. The aperture is nearly as high as theshaft of the column, and in the space above it andunder the entablature is a species of frieze with threewreaths. The… … TRAIANS COLVMN ■ ROME COLUMNA TEAJANA COCHLIS. 191 of the dome wliicli surmounts the tomb; and on theother side a projecting bunch or wreath seen in profile.On the summit of the dome is a full-sized eagle withoutspread wings. This evidently represents a tomb erected by theEmperor Maxentius to his…
Architecture, Ancient · Medals
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