ood of theircapital, great surfaces of rock almost smooth and irresistiblyinviting to the chisel. Their unceasing expeditions led theminto countries where, on every hand, they were tempted by similarfacilities for wedding the likenesses of their princes to the verysubstance of the soil, for… … Fig. I2i.—Fountain; from Layarcl. some places the water has poured down the face of the rock andworn away the figures ; in others, landslips have carried the cliffand its sculptures bodily into the valley. In some instances, nodoubt, the accumulations cover figures still in excellent condition,but…
Hittites · Art · Jews
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![An illustration from Architectura curiosa nova, exponens 1. Fundamenta hydragogica, indolemq[ue] aquæ, aëris interventu in altum levandæ. 2. Varios aquarum ac salientium fontium lusus per varia spectatu jucunda epistomiorum seu siphonum genera. 3. Magnum amnissimorum fontium, machinarumq[ue] aquæductoriarum sumtu magno exstructarum, ac per Italiam, Britanniam, Germaniam &c. visendarum, numerum. 4. Specus artificiales sumtuosissimas, cum plerisq[ue] principum europæorum palatiis, hortis, aulis; nec non præcipuis monasteriis atq[ue] arcibus. 5. Cum auctario figurarum elegantissimarum, ad hortorum topiaria vario ductù dividenda, nec non conclavium laquearibus ac pavimentis segmentandis, itemq[ue] labyrinthis construendis, adhibendarum. Omnia 200 æri incisis... descripta (1664)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-architecturacuri00bock-228-130.webp)
