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 40
t, was covered by elaboratelycarved wood-work, and surmounted by one or three umbrellas of a very orna-mental character—probably the whole heightened by colour to a very considerableextent. But, however this may be, it formed a very similar object, both in sizeand richness, to the colossal… … !ii3ia«iroi
Parthenon (Athens, Greece) · Temples · Lighting
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