The story of architecture: an outline of the styles in all countries (1896)
Mathews, Charles Thompson, 1863- · New York, D. Appleton and company · leaf 160
n-headed bulls flanked a propv-lasum at the top of the stairs at Chehil Minar, andhere, within the pil-lared precinct of theportico, all public busi-ness was transacted bythe king. Behind Che-hil Minar, and reachedby another staircasecovered with bas-re-liefs, rose the great hallof Xerxes (three… … Fig. 37.—Persian capital. are formed with fluted shafts, some with forked capi-tals composed of double-headed bulls or horses, somewith volutes set vertically (Fig. 36), and others withboth (Fig. 37). It has been suggested that the Greek Ionic capi-tals were derived from these volutes, but it seems…
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