Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1909)
Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 211
■\\\ - ■ • . SC- /-- - 4^ ;fi fc w) £,P^a 3 C3 J 5,a were generally found in high places, on summits ofhills and on rocks. The fire-altars at Naksh-i-Rustem are really one withthe rock on which they stand. Remains of a fire-temple IQO HISTORIC ORNAMENT. have been discovered at Feruz-abad, which is… … Fig. 246.—Persepolis ; Staircase of the Palace of Darius. (D.) (P. & C.) be open, with the sacred hearth on the top and centreof a lofty flight of steps, on a quadrangular plan. ART IN ANCIENT PERSIA. 191 The buildings in Persia of the Acheemenidae Dynasty,both palaces and tombs, are of the…
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