A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 449
double enclosure, of the hearthor altar, have recently been discovered. Theirplan is closely similar to that of Greek housesof the Homeric age, where the hearth had asacred character. (See Persian Aichitecture.)Greece. The planning antl construction ofGreek temples having been so fully discussedin… … Temple, Fig. 5: that of Vesta at Of the temple built by Herod on the site ofSolomons temple, several ancient descriptionsexist, throwing some light upon it and nuiciiupon its surroundings. The state of the evi-dence, however, is not such as to allow a planof the temple itself to be made with…
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