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The Decorator's assistant (1847)

[London : W. Gibbs] · leaf 255

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the finestof the ancient temples have had their friezessuperbly decorated. The splendid metopes ofthe Elgin marbles were ornaments of thefrieze of the Parthenon, and the Phigaleianmarbles of the temple of Apollo Epicureios atPhigaleia. The frieze of the temple of Jupiter Olympius at Elis bore… … the temple of Apollo at Delphos, which gaverise to sculptural imitations of them in manymetopes of the Doric frieze. Also the upperpanel of a six pannelled door. Also the toprail but one of a six pannelled door. Frustum Column, a column having nobase. Frustum (in architecture and archaiology),a…

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