Perrot, Georges, 1832-1914, Chipiez, Charles, 1835-1901, Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 194
with their own weight or with thatput upon them. The walls, architraves, and vertical supports arealways far stronger than the mere weight of the roof would require. Dressed Construction. 109 The following woodcut shows the arrangement of supports,architraves and roof. These simple arrangements… … Fig. 73.—Egyptian construction, ei^itomized by Ch. Chipiez. the walls is vertical. There is no force tending to thrust the wallsoutwards nor to affect the immobility of the supports. Consequently, if the proportions of the vertical and horizontalelements of a building, that is to say, its sections,…
Art -- Egypt History · Egypt -- Antiquities
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![An illustration from Catalogue des monuments et inscriptions de l'Égypte antique / publié sous les auspices de S.A. Abbas II Helmi par la direction générale du Service des antiquités [de l'Égypte] ; par J. de Morgan, U. Bouriant, G. Legrain, G. Jéquier, A. Barsanti (1894)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-cataloguedesmonu22egyp-54-96.webp)
