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 79
t, where they always used stone forbuilding purposes, we can trace these pillars from the form of a square prismfitted to a square architrave, and then canted off till we come to a polygon of24 or 32 faces. AVhen the latter is the case, an abacus becomes almost indis-pensable to fit the two… … 29.—FAfADE OF TOJIB AT BeXI HaSSAN.(From a sketch by Sir Charles Barry.) Chap. IU. ANCIENT GREEK TEMPLES. 65
Parthenon (Athens, Greece) · Temples · Lighting
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