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A cyclopaedia of works of architecture in Italy, Greece, and the Levant (1895)

Longfellow, William Pitt Preble, 1836-1913 · New York, Scribner's sons · leaf 387

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into two levels.The lower, reached by steps at each end,appears to have formed a platform fororators, the upper had the usual broadflight of steps between two piers. The col-umns of the portico were about 39 ft. high.The interior of the cella was divided into abroad nave and two very narrow aisles… … Fig. 154—Pompei, Temple of Isis. is occupied by three vaulted cells behindan order of pilasters, forming together apedestal for the statue of the divinity, ordivinities ; for it is not unlikely that thetemple was dedicated to a triad, like the 319 POMIKII Ciipitoline temple at lionu. ihe…

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