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 234
would seem more probable that the Persians owedtheir columnar architecture to prototypesof wooden posts, covered with metalplates, such as are described as existingin the Median palaces of Ecbatana,where Cyrus, the first Persian monarch,passed so many years of his life.—Ed,] Bk. II. Ch. IV.… … The general appearance of the ruins, as they at present stand, willbe seen from the woodcut (No. 87).i The principal mass in the fore- 1 The woodcuts in this chapter, except I and Costes Voyage en Perse, exceptthe restorations, are taken from Flandin I where the contrary is mentioned. 200 HISTORY…
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