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 393
t about 66 ft. in diameter, surrounded by eightniches ; in the upper the niches are external, and each is pierced witha window. The dimensions of the tomb are nearly the same as those ofCiBcilia Metella, and it thus affords an excellent opportunity of com-paring the two extremes of the series, and… … 227. Si-Ction and Elevation of Tomb of Sta. Helena, Rome. No scale. In this building the pillars that adorned the exterior of such a mauso-leum, for instance, as that of Hadrian, are introduced internally. Ex-ternally the building never can have had much ornament. But thebreaks between the lower…
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