A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 491
iii([in pitiv nf archaic sculptureimt wli.illv cxiilaiiieil. liion Tomb (II.). One found at Ciiidus byt>ir Cliarles Newton of tlie Britisli Museum,and now preserved in that institution, wasadorned l>v a crouchiu lion 10 feet Ioiil:, TOMB Scala Tomb. Chie nf the monuments inthe little… … S.\Ll^^l:l RY, AViLTSHIRE. this formed the apex or finial of a monumentof great height. The coujectural restorationby Jlr. Pullan shows an oblong basement carry-ing a superstmcture of solid masonry decoratedwith engaged columns and entablature, andthis crowned by a stepped pyramid, the lionand bis…
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