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A history of architecture for the student, craftsman, and amateur : being a comparative view of the historical styles from the earliest period (1896)

Fletcher, Banister, 1833-1899, Fletcher, Banister, Sir, 1866-1953 · London : B.T. Batsford; New York, C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 43

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story above, formed by the different height of thecolumns (section bb. No. 6). The mass of th»«tentralpiers, illumined by a flood of light from the cferestory,and the smaller pillars of the wings gradually fading intoobscurity, are so arranged and lighted as to give an ideaof infinite space.… … Section B.B. .? ■p f y SCALE 6. Small South Temple of Karnac. hall was lighted (No. 8) over low screen walls placed betweenthe columns. Beyond this is the cell, surrounded by a pass-age, and at the rear is a smaller hall. These last chambersmust have all been dark or imperfectly lighted. The whole…

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