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 402
r very similarin design to this, but far inferior to it in detail and execution, andshowing at least a century of degradation, though at the same timepresenting an adaptation to rock-cut forms not found in the earlierexamj)les. A third is that above alluded to, called el Deir. This is the samein… … Kock-cut interior at Petra. (From Labordes Sinai, p. 198.) apparent absence of a door, and on the whole it seems, if finished, todeserve its name less than either of the other two. Peihaps the most singular object among these tombs, if tombs theyare, is the flat fagade with three storeys of pillars…
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