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 217
ss is with the structure of thepavilion itself, with the slender columns and the rich capitals attheir summits, with the domed roof, made, no doubt, of severalskins sewn together and kept in place by metal weights. Thecapitals and the two wild goats perched upon the shafts must havebeen of metal.… … Fig-. 6S.—Tabern.icle ; from the Balawat Gates. The pavilion we have just described was a civil edifice, thetemporary resting place of the sovereign. The same materialswere employed in the same spirit and with a similar arrangementin the erection of religious tabernacles (see Fig. 68). The…
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