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 435
side is decorated withbuttress shafts and blind arches, which are partially constructive, andintended to support and strengthen those portions of the wall whichwere simply screens, or to resist the thrust of the walls of the vaultedchambers behind, consisting of one storey only. Decoratively… … 265. Sketch Plan of Palace at Masbita. greater thickness of wall of the lower storey), which are not in the axesof those below, proves that the Sassanian architect thought more oftheir constructive value as buttresses, than of their architectural valueas superimposed features. Though it may not…
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