A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 130
stals lying in a fine-grained, oftendense and compact, ground or Itase. —G. P. M. Green Antique Porphyry; Mdrinor Lare-(Jcimiiiiiiiin ririih of Pliny. An igneous rockof the nature of a dialiase porpliyrite, consist-ing of a compact, deep greenish black ground,thickly studded with gieenish feldspars… … lUTE CorHKRK AT ToiII.oIi 1580. decorative work. The source of the material isnear Levetsova, Laconia, in southern Greece.— G. P. M. PORTA, GIACOMO DELLA. (See Gia-ciiiiK. iiella Porta.) PORTAHi. The same as Portal. PORTAL. An entrance or gateway of amomnnental character ; specifically, an…
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