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 61
on which the temples standhas been carefully examined, and frusta of columns, 6 feet 2 inches in diameter,have been found in the neighbourhood, which could hardly have belonged to anyother temple. Considerable difficulty was experienced in fitting these data to theascertained dimensions. If the… … 0 (0 so 30 40 SO SO TO 90 00 100 21.—Plan of the Temple of Venus and Rome. (As restored by J. F.) to fit with the third column of the porticoes. This difficulty was met by increasingthe thickness of the walls by 7 or 8 feet, for which there is not only no authority,but it is absolutely contradicted…
Parthenon (Athens, Greece) · Temples · Lighting
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