A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive (1902)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York : The Macmillan company · leaf 491
unique piece of archaic sculpturenot wholly explained. Lion Tomb (II.). One found at Cnidus bySir Charles Newton of the British Museum,and now preserved in that institution, wasadorned liy a crouching lion 10 feet long, and ffTT|niT|Rr!ry>^ X TOMB Scala Tomb. Une of the monuments inthe little… … Tomb, Fig. 1., that ui- Uisjiit Gilks of liuiDinuT, ll-iii;, a.d. Cathkou.vl -1t S.vlishcuv, A\iltshire. .•\ltar Tomb under Canopy. this formed the apex or finial of a monumentof gicat height. The conjectural restorationby Mr. Pullan shows an oblong basement carry-ing a superstnicture of solid…
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