A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive (1902)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York : The Macmillan company · leaf 45
our, and ofmen sharing in tlie feast of the gods by eatingparts of the creature sacrificed, it renniincd es-sential to have some altars large enough to canya fire of a certain intensity. Altar.s, thcrefoie,were of all sizes, from a slender colunni aboutthree feet high, with a flat toj) jjcrliaps… … Ar^T.vu: Grf.co-Rojiax AVuuk. as a general rule. It would, however, be withinthe temenos or sacred enclosure. The alt;u-s of the Jews as recorded in the OldTestament did not essentially differ from thoseof pagan antiquity ; as indeed the u.ses to whichthey were put were altogether similar. The…
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