Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1909)
Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 152
s (Fig. 174),and the triumphal gate with its man-headed winged bullsat the base and sides (Fig. 173), and also the other gate atFig. 172, both with their crenallated battlements, serve toshow the imposing character of these edifices. It will benoticed from the birds-eye view and the gateways… … o C H ri O a advantage (Figs. 175 and 250), and much more so thanthe Egyptians, although the latter people occasionallyemployed them. 132 HFS TO RIG ORNA ME XT, The Chaldeans, as would naturally be expected, usedthe arch construction very much in their brick buildings,as it would be the only means…
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