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 250
The Arch. would give no little decorative value. In what M. Place callspartes onucs, this ornamental archivolt is of enamelled bricks,in the subordinate entrances it is distinguished from the restof the wall merely by its salience. In neither case, however,does it end in any kind of impost, it… … -:^^ Fig. 91.—Return round the angle of an archivolt in one of the gates of Dour-Saryoukin ; compiled from Place. Dour-Saryoukin (Fig. 91). Nothing like it is to be found,so far as we know, among the buildings of any other ancientpeople. From the point of view of the special study on which weare…
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