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 47
th a range of Doric columns and entab-lature. On this side the ground lay muchhigher, and there was immediate access tothe portico from the open air by steps.The roof was supported by an interiorrange of columns spaced at double the iu-tercolumniation of the outer range. The front wall and the… … Fig. 2.—Adrianople, Great Mosque. slope. The level area is about 740 ft. longand 05 ft. wide. The west side is sup-ported by a massive retaining-wall of polyg-onal style but built of large blocks verynearly quadrangular and carefully titted. Stoa or portico on the west side of theagora terrace,…
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