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A history of art in Chaldæa & Assyria (1884)

Perrot, Georges, 1832-1914, Chipiez, Charles, 1835-1901, Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918 · London, Chapman and Hall, Limited; New York, A. C. Armstrong and Son · leaf 203

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Corneto, where, however, it is carriedout in stone.^ A frame like this could be put together on the spotand offered the means of covering a wider space with the samematerials than could be roofed in by a horizontal arrangement.Further back rises one of those domes over square substructureswliose… … Fig. 59.—Fortress ; from Layards Monu}nc)tts, ist Series, After considering the method employed for roofing the palaceapartments, we come naturally to investigate their system ofillumination. In view of the extravagant thickness of their wallsit is difficult to believe that they made use of such…

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