Manual of Egyptian archæology and guide to the study of antiquities in Egypt. For the use of students and travellers (1914)
Maspero, G. (Gaston), 1846-1916, Johns, Agnes Sophia Griffith, 1859- · New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons; London, H. Grevel and Co. · leaf 97
d design the variousparts on whatever scale he pleased.The dimensions of the capital bore no fixed relationswith those of the shaft, and the height of the shaftin no way depended on the diameter of the column.At Karnak the dimensions of the campaniformcolumns of the hypostyle hall are as follows:… … IRREGULAR PROPORTIONS OF COLUMNS. 71 round the bulb. At the Ramesseum shaft andcapital measure 35 feet, round the bulb 6| feet.There is a similar irregularity in the arrangementof the architraves ; their height is determined bythe taste of the architect or the necessities of thebuilding. So also…
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