Encyclopedia of antiquities : and elements of archaeology, classical and mediæval (1843)
Fosbroke, Thomas Dudley, 1770-1842 · London : M. A. Nattali · leaf 89
nts resting onthe centres of the adjacent stones. Acuriosity of the Tov\ers [at Messene]is the staircase fashion of the battle-ments.f l> Sicily, p. 18, ^ Pompeiana, 107, IGO, 161.■i For. Top. ^ Veteres in pavimentis portions quadrangulosrotundosqne labjrinthos pingebant quibus… … Interior of a Roman Temple at Balbec, to illustrate, p. 49. CHAPTER IV. PUBLICK EDIFICES OF THE GREEKS AND ROMANS. Barrows, or sepulchral mounds,with altars raised upon them for sacri-fices, are antecedent to the formalconstruction of temples. Hence themost ancient heathen structures forofferings…
Classical antiquities · Civilization, Medieval
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