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 98
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… … Fig. 77.- Section of hypostyle hall at Karnak, showing the arrangements of the campaniform and lotus-bud columns. only do the intercolumnar spaces vary greatly in dif-ferent temples and chambers, but in some instances,as in the first court of Medinet Habu, they vary inthe same portico. This was the…
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