e closely spaced than the columns of the faradc, and thecontrast was heightened by the simplicity of their form. Thedignity of the entablature and the bold projection of the corniceadded to the effect of the whole, and emphasized the well-balancednature of the composition. The Egyptian architects… … ] .1 231.—Longitudinal section of the Temple of Elephantine (from the Description, i. 35). This sympathy was conspicuously felt by those who discoveredthe little monument. The arrangement, sajs Jomard, is amodel of simplicity and purity. . . . The Temple of Ele-phantine is pleasing as a whole, and…
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