A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 296
d. The shaft of anEgyptian column wasoften diminished in sizeat the bottom, like theunder side of a cup, andset without a base; thentapering to the neck.In Myceniean art theshaft was often smallestat bottom, increasing490 J \il m Shaft of DoubleFusiform Sh.\pe,Carved with Leaf-age: Cloister… … MiDWALL Shaft : Window is Church ofGerxrode, Germany. as veranda posts and the like, are of veryhappy effect. The shafts of Doric columns ofthe sixth century B.C. are about six times ashigh as they are in greatest diameter; and thesehave an entasis showing a very visible curve.(For the shafts of…
Architecture
Internet Archive · University of Toronto, Robarts Library · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
![An illustration from Rambles in the Pyrenees and the adjacent districts, Gascony, Pays de Foix [and] Roussillon (1912)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-ramblesinpyrene00jack-348-99.webp)
