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 443
lan consisted of acentral hall, covered over by a dome carried on pendentives, and twowings ; of the original building, only one of these wings remains, andtwo sides of the central hall, in both cases up to the springing of thereal arch, the lower courses being horizontal as in the arch… … 272. Arch of Chosroes at Takt-i-Bostan. (From Flandin and Coste.; i-Bostan, near Kermanshah (Woodcut No. 272), Though so farremoved from Byzantine influence it is nearly as classical as thepalace at Mashita. The flying figures over the arch are evidentcopies of those adorning the triumphal arches…
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