A history of architecture in all countries, from the earliest times to the present day (1902)
Fergusson, James, 1808-1886, Spiers, Richard Phené, 1838-1916, Kerr, Robert, 1823-1904 · London, J. Murray · leaf 231
times in Greek buildings of the best age. Thus an ornament ofgreat beauty and elegance is formed out of what would otherwise bemerely a plain mass of masonry. The tomb of Cyrus has already been referred to (p. 164) as a copy instone of one of the ziggurats or terrace-temples. But it must be bornein… … 84. Tomb of Cyrus. (From Texkis ■ Armeiiie et lit IerM.-.) The tomb is surrounded on three sides- by a portico of columns standing-14 feet apart: no stone capitals have been found, but it is probablethat the columns carried wooden bracket-capitals to diminish thebearing of the wooden architrave or…
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