Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1909)
Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 212
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… … ceilings were of wood, and were panelled very elabo-rately, and rested on stone supports. The doorways andwindows are square-headed, upholding a lintel (Fig. 248]. 192 HISTORIC ORNAMENT.
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