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 94
of the Casa, the facade * Incidents of Travel in Yucatan. 74 ABORIGINAL ARCHITECTURE. presents a smooth surface; above, is one solid mass ofrich, complicated, and elaborately sculptured orna-ments, forming a sort of arabesque. The finest ornament is over the centre doorway. Itseems to have been a… … corners; and throughout all the buildings it is metwith oftener than any other design in Uxmal. Howastonishing, that all these carvings should have beenexecuted without the use of iron! The rear elevation of the Casa is a solid wall,nine feet thick. Like the front, it was ornamentedwith sculpture,…
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