A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 485
lonu-inent). and in connection witli tliis, tlie familytombs of American cemeteries slioiilil be men-tioned, whidi liave usually a chamber for theaccess of the living, and se]>arate receptacles forcoffins opening out of it on one side or on manysides, or opening upon a burial chamber beneaththe… … Tomb. Fig. .S.that of Iamlkhls, Palmvua, a.d. 8:). niiussive, each side of the octagon having threeretejitacles for coffins opening .sidewise into tlie TOMB form of a Greek teni|(le, and thi.s, althougli en-tirely above ground or built upon a iiillside fromwhich it seems to emerge. — R. S. Altar…
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