Handbook of archaeology, Egyptian - Greek - Etruscan - Roman (1867)
Westropp, Hodder M. (Hodder Michael), -1884 · London, Bell and Daldy · leaf 34
e come to a hypostyle hall of great beauty, formedby two ranges of larger columns in the centre, and three rows ofsmaller ones on each side. These hypostyle halls almost alwaysaccompany the larger Egyptian temples of the great age. Theyderive their name from having an upper range of columns, or… … ENTRANCE TO EGYPTIAN TEMPLE. similar. They possess two ranges of columns in the centre, so tallas to equal the height of the side columns, together with that ofthe attic which is placed on them. These are generally of differentorders ; the central pillars having a bell-shaped capital, the underside…
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