History of architecture, from the earliest times; its present condition in Europe and the United States; with a biography of eminent architects, and a glossary of architectural terms (1848)
Tuthill, Louisa C. (Louisa Caroline), 1798-1879 · Philadelphia, Lindsay and Blakiston · leaf 56
abacus above thiscapital; it is not a square, flatstone, like the others; it is of acubical form and richly ornament-ed with hieroglyphics. The tem-ple from which it was taken, wasone of the most perfectly executedof tlie numerous works upon theNile. It was in one of the courtsof this temple that… … EGYPTIAN ARCHITECTURE. 43 ture in a more distinct manner than was afterwardspractised by the Greeks. Of all the remains of Egyptian architectural great-ness, the temple or palace of Karnac, or Carnak, isthe most elaborate and extensive. It contains suchan immense number of sphinxes, colossal…
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