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The rudiments of architecture and building, for the use of architects, builders, draughtsmen, machinists, engineers, and mechanics (1872)

Bullock, John · Philadelphia, H.C. Baird & Co. · leaf 77

An illustration from The rudiments of architecture and building, for the use of architects, builders, draughtsmen, machinists, engineers, and mechanics, 1872, leaf 77 — and the altar, the throne for the bishop, and exedra,or benches for the priests. It was surmounted by a half-cupola, the front of which is richly ornamented withmarble and paintings of Christ and the Saints. Thecupola is covered with paintings of foliage on a gold ground;the remainder of this… … OF ARCHITECTURE. 11 robes and the consecrated vessels; the other, the evangeliuni,received the sacred books, charters, &c. &c. This arrange-ment still exists in Greece. The chancel, which was used bythe inferior ecclesiastics, and contained the pulpit and arn-bones, was situated in front of…

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