Simpson, F. M. (Frederick Moore), 1855-1928 · London, New York [etc.] Longmans, Green, and Co. · leaf 63
ricks were sliapedto give greater strength, and were not rectangular. ^ Semicircular-headed windows were placed in the towers guarding the gate-■ways of city walls, and are shown in some of the sculptured slabs in the BritishMuseum (see especially slab No. 57 in the Assyrian Gallery), but it is… … could easily have been placed in such positions and at such slopesthat the suns rays could not enter, and the rooms, which wereexceedingly lofty, consequently be kept cool. The most characteristic features of Assyrian architecture werethe wide-arched entrance gateways in the city w^alls. The arches…
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