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 72
oof have been discovered, and thecolumns are too slender to have borne any but a lightone. These beautiful marble columns probably sus-tained temporary awnings of silk, which, as it was asummer palace, could be taken down at pleasure.In Shushan, the palace of Ahasuerus, there were white, green and… … PERSIAN ARCHITECTURE. 57 Like Shushan, the mouldering solitary ruin of Per-sepolis was once the chosen seat of merriment andsplendour. It is silent now, silent as the desert, savewhen some tall column which long has tottered uponits base, startles the amazed traveller by falling at hisfeet with…
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