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 78
e will do, we shall be in abetter position to speak about it. Meanwhile,however, the points that interest us most herearo the separation from each other of the roofplanks by an interval of about 3 inches, whichaccounts for the interval between the mutiiles of the Parthenon which was otherwise… … 28.—Diagram op Roof Constrdotion.(From an iuscription found at Pirtcus by Hen- Doipfeld.) not before expected, but now that it is jiointedout it may be accepted as explaining the thick-ness of the upper member of the Parthenoncornice, which, before I received these drawings,appeared to me…
Parthenon (Athens, Greece) · Temples · Lighting
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