A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive (1902)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York : The Macmillan company · leaf 498
ment, a cromlech, or the like. Menhir. A single stone set upright. Ortholith. A single row of large stones. Parallelith. Two rows of stones forming anavenue and, therefore, arranged nearly jiarallelone with another. It is rare to find more rnwsthan two. Peristalith. An arrangement of large stones… … MEMORIAL ARCH. PLATE I That at Benevento in Campania, dedicated liy tlieSenate and the People to Trajan, and covered witlisculpture representing scenes in his life. The archis built of marble, and as it now stands is about fifty feel high, —a dimension interesting to note asillustrating the small…
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