A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 66
un; of which rose a sculp-tured attic ami a small eu|)oia.86 FOUNTAIN OFFOUNTAIN OF THE LIONS. In the Alhambra, at Granada, Si)ain. It .stands inthe middle of the court to which it gives itsname. Court of the Lions. It consists of analabaster basin, twelve-sided, and supported bytwelve lions, which… … FOUNTAIN OF THE MERCATO NU-OVO. lnIl)i(M( tint ^\ltll tin 1 lonze boar,an ex((ll(nt (op\ of tin mti |in in tlie Uftizigall..-: FOUNTAIN OF THE NYMPHS. Sameas Founti.in of the Innocents, al.ov., FOUNTAIN OF THE OBSERVATORY.At Pari.s, near the Luxembourg Gardens, builtin 1874; remarkable for the…
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![An illustration from Architectura curiosa nova, exponens 1. Fundamenta hydragogica, indolemq[ue] aquæ, aëris interventu in altum levandæ. 2. Varios aquarum ac salientium fontium lusus per varia spectatu jucunda epistomiorum seu siphonum genera. 3. Magnum amnissimorum fontium, machinarumq[ue] aquæductoriarum sumtu magno exstructarum, ac per Italiam, Britanniam, Germaniam &c. visendarum, numerum. 4. Specus artificiales sumtuosissimas, cum plerisq[ue] principum europæorum palatiis, hortis, aulis; nec non præcipuis monasteriis atq[ue] arcibus. 5. Cum auctario figurarum elegantissimarum, ad hortorum topiaria vario ductù dividenda, nec non conclavium laquearibus ac pavimentis segmentandis, itemq[ue] labyrinthis construendis, adhibendarum. Omnia 200 æri incisis... descripta (1664)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-architecturacuri00bock-204-115.webp)
