Lane-Poole, Stanley, 1854-1931 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 89
. inside and out conceals the slight irregularity of the brickwork.Wooden frames are also sometimes used to support the lighterplaster domes, as is shown in the foreground of fig. 4. Somedomes, however, are of stone, which is cut to the shape ofthe curve, and carved with the desired pattern. As a… … FIG. 6.—DIAGRAM SHOWING PROPORTIONS OF A DOME. are ornamented in various ways. Sometimes they are coveredwith an intricate geometrical design, with star centres, as thedomes of Kait Bey and Al-Ashraf Bars-Bey in the easterncemetery. A common decoration consists in bands of zigzags, orchevrons close…
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![An illustration from Nicolai Copernici Torinensis De reuolutionibus orbium coelestium, libri VI : Habes in hoc opere iam recens nato, & aedito, studiose lector, motus stellarum, tam fixarum, quàm erraticarum, cum ex ueteribus, tum etiam ex recentibus obseruationibus restitutos: & nouis insuper ac admirabilibus hypothesibus ornatos. Habes etiam tabulas expeditissimas, ex quibus eosdem ad quoduis tempus quàm facillime caculare poteris. Igitur eme, lege, fruere. [Line in Greek] (1543)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-nicolaicopernici00cope-65-42.webp)
