Brown, J. Wood (James Wood) · New York, E.P. Dutton and company · leaf 98
no new invention, ithad already a long history of varied use and application. Theequivalent of the column capital,1 as the Arch of Titus shows, thebracket was freely used by the Romans, not only in decoration butconstructively, to carry moeniana, or balconies, as at the Villa ofSallust, or even… … FLORENTINE ARCHITECTURE 79 shows watch-towers with platforms supported on this principle, and,most interesting of all for our present purpose, the rocks of theDanube still bear traces, showing how that emperor used putlogsand struts of wood to carry his military road round awkward cornerswhere the…
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