Brown, G. Baldwin (Gerard Baldwin), 1849-1932 · New York : C. Scribner · leaf 255
undat the base of the cornice represents the upper member ofa timber framing, the vertical divisions always painted onthe hollow of the front are reminiscent of the upright linesof the original stems of brushwood. Not only was the 236 Architectural Beauty PART III crowning member thus derived… … Fig. 20.— The Egyptian Cornice. only artistic finish to a monumental stone structure knownin the ancient world.1 Thematerial itself in the handseven of those mighty stone builders, the Phoenicians, seemedbarren of any suggestion that could have been taken up anddeveloped into an alternative form. •…
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