characteristics of wooden construction, because we shall hereafterhave occasion to examine the forms and motives which stonearchitecture borrowed from wood in the case of other peoplebesides the Egyptians. We must now determine the particularcharacteristics offered by the material in Egypt, as they… … Fii;. S2.—Elements of wooden construction. members. This is one of the elementary rules of the carpentersart, and to form an idea how it was applied in our own country itis enough to cast an eye over any of the wooden buildings of themiddle ages or of the renaissance. The Egyptians were not…
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