The terra-cotta architecture of North Italy (XIIth-XVth centuries) : pourtrayed [sic] as examples for imitation in other countries (1867)
Gruner, Ludwig, 1801-1882, Ottolini, Vittore, Lose, Friedrich · London : J. Murray · leaf 127
the preparation and the useof material; mastery of the divers properties of stones, of clays, of lime, ofplaster, of timber, &c. In fact, in the structures of those times, the ground-plan of the building, the arrangement of supporting piers, the skilfully maskedbuttresses helping to resist the… … General Vie™ ofllie Chureli of the Certain, Perviet. any degree of exposure to the elements ; so that, as we have already observedin speaking of the tower of San Gottardo, this material has defied and still defiesfrost, damp, dog-days, and, in one word, all sorts of bad weather. The…
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