The Parthenon; an essay on the mode by which light was introduced into Greek and Roman temples (1883)
Fergusson, James, 1808-1886 · London, J. Murray · leaf 109
le, Itut to anambulatory or promenade, as this seems to have been, it might have been unob-jectionable, and has conveniences which might lead to its adoption. Whichevermode was adopted it seems quite certain that, like all temples, the mode oflighting was through vertical—never through horizontal… … 49.—Great Temple at Selinos. (FromHittorff. Scale 100 ft. to 1 in.) doubt—barring the details of construction—about thetemple at Agrigentum; but the same cannot be said ofthe sister temple at Selinus, which is another ofthe six giant temples that the Greeks erected inthe great age. It apparently…
Parthenon (Athens, Greece) · Temples · Lighting
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