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 133
r and a half bays are left on eitherside of the two which receive direct light from the outside. This arrangementgot over one of the great difBculties of all previous proposals, for, by restrictingthe opening to 17 feet, a small pediment would easily throw on either side of itall the rain that… … 59.—Diagram showing the Plan and Elevation op the Opening op the Roop op the Pauthenon. These openings in the roof externally nowhere correspond exactly with theinternal arrangements, and it is vain to try and make them do so, for the internalcolumns are nowhere exactly opposite the external ones.…
Parthenon (Athens, Greece) · Temples · Lighting
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