A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 377
h, it iscalled a portico ; andthis meaning isoften extended toroofed colonnadesof any descrip-tion. Colonnades Ulfc ^ in Grecian architecture are peculiar in theplacing of the corner column, as in the ex-teriors of Doric temples, at a smaller distancefrom the two neighbouring columns than the(540… … 5—r-T 1)V COLOMBIER ON A FARM AT PoUGUES (NifcVKE) ; Cross-section. Eefinements in Design), the corner column isput the most out of [jhimb. (For the dis-tances between columns in a colonnade, seelutercolumniation.) The Grecian and Greco-Roman builders did not employ coupled col-umns ; but this…
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