The architecture of Greece & Rome; a sketch of its historic development (1902)
Anderson, William J. (William James), 1864-1900, Spiers, Richard Phene, 1838-1916 · London, B. T. Batsford · leaf 191
ng sailed from this port for Italy." Be this as it may, we are still at a loss to trace from whom they derived that which constitutes the most important architectural feature in their works, viz., the arch and vault with regular voussoirs in stone. The arch itself, both round and pointed, dates… … must have elapsed before 82. — THE MOUTH OK THE C iACA MAXIMA AT ROME. the masons could have ac- quired such knowledge of stereotomy. This canal is supposed to precede by about a century the well-known example of the Cloaca Maxima at Rome, dating from the commencement of the sixth century. The…
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