Easy steps in architecture and architectural drawing .. (1915)
Hodgson, Frederick Thomas, 1836- [from old catalog] · Chicago, Ill., Printed by F. J. Drake & co. · leaf 98
ITECTUBE 91 a superstructure like a cupola. The upper part of thisspheroidal dome is in every instance destroyed, and itis consequently impossible to discover what furtheradornment crowned the whole edifice. The cupola con-struction is, however, only external, for the interior con-sists entirely of… … Pig. 7. TOPEJ OR STUPA. sidered to typify the water-bubble (which was held V»jthe Buddhists to be the symbol of earthly transitori-ness), inasmuch as the art of vaulting was still unknown,and the massive masonry only assumes that shape in theexterior, 15. Many such monuments are to be found in…
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