Encyclopedia of antiquities : and elements of archaeology, classical and mediæval (1843)
Fosbroke, Thomas Dudley, 1770-1842 · London : M. A. Nattali · leaf 44
s fromLivyl was usually superimposed byan engine. Pausanias ™ is very fondof iising the word apfioiia architectu-rally, and applies it to the top-stone ofthe Treasury of Minyas, a more ob-tuse cone, of which it Was the key-stone. Amasoeus ° loosely latinizes itby modulus convenientife,… … The construction there at least isexactly similar to that of our ancientchvirch-spires, with this exception,that the stones, when laid horizontallyin a circle, were not cut to fit, but hadthe gaping interstices filled with smallstones. It contains two chambers, of ^ Pausanias 310, 311.ii. 234. Ubi…
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