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Museum of antiquity; a description of ancient life: the employments, amusements, customs and habits, the cities, places, monuments and tombs, the literature and fine arts of 3,000 years ago (1882)

Yaggy, Levi W · Chicago, Western Publishing House; New York, Standard Publishing House; [etc.,etc.] · leaf 494

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columns carrying the ugly taber-nacle on the grave of St. Peter are one of the results of this bar-barous spoliation. The old door, also made of brass, which leadsfrom the portico into the interior has, on the contrary, been pre-served. The outer appearance of the round building is simpleand… … TUE PANTHEON AT KOME. -where the insertion of the vault becomes visible, look, perhaps,quite as beautiful as the original coating. The whole cylinder ofmasonry is divided into ^ -=*^-_ -^ ^ -^ three stripes by means ofcornices, which break theheaviness of the outline, thedivisions of the inner…

Haines, Thomas L · Civilization · Classical antiquities

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