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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 87

An illustration from The Parthenon; an essay on the mode by which light was introduced into Greek and Roman temples, 1883, leaf 87 — There can, however, be little doubt that theyonce existed, and this rendered the utilization of the walls for lighting purposes. inadmissible, even if it were not that the ingenuity of the G-reek architects hiton a far better and more artistic method of meeting the difficulty. This waseffected by… … 35.—Section of Temple at yEgina. (Twice the sc-ile of Plan.) p C) Q • • O 0^ •• 0 ® ■ |Hlwr ^wpillll I 9 M* • o • r •8 2 ■ 0 © O ■- U =— ■ ^^ *■ ■ ^sn^ ■ = 41 m I 1 # # _M. • m m u ( ) = f f—J f • J K— s*r 36.—Plan of Temple at .Egixa. (From Cockerell.; Any one who looks attentively at the plan of…

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