A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 125
uous crystals lying in a ftne-grained, oftendense and comjjact, ground or base. — G. P. M. Green Antique Porphyry; Marmor Lace-dfPmohhnn riniJe of Pliny. An igneous rockof the nature of a diabase porphyrite, consist-ing of a compact, deep greenish black ground,thickly studded with greenish… … Porte CochI:re at TouLottSE: c. 1580. decorative work. The source of the material isnear Levetsova, Laconia, in southern Greece. — G.P. M. PORTA, GIACOMO DELLA. (See Gia-como ])clhi Porta.) PORTAIL. The .same as Portal. PORTAL. An entrance or gateway of amonnniental character ; sjiecifically, an…
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