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ce with the tile itself, an expensive but effective method. The ceilings of the external ambu-latories were of marble, witlideeply coffered panels (lacu-naria), and those of the in-teriors were of similar design,but of wood richly paintedand gilded. Many of tliemarble ceilings still exist. Theone… … a\ap-£>le: AnrcnxA ^Roortile: tilted at lavls. Fio. 58. GREEK ARCHITECTURE. 89 porches of the Erechtheum. The floors were of marble, even intemples which were otherwise of stone. The Parthenon floor isin big square slabs, a foot thick. HOLE5 IN BED3 OF DKVTISOF CDLVTiS OF PARTHEnOTi
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