Temples, tombs, and monuments of ancient Greece and Rome. A description and a history of some of the most remarkable memorials of classical architecture (1871)
Adams, W. H. Davenport (William Henry Davenport), 1828-1891 · London, New York [etc.] T. Nelson and sons · leaf 143
s. The lengths of the major andminor axes of these ellipses are, respectively, 287 x 180and 620 X 513. The width of the space allotted to thespectators was, consequently, i66|^ feet all round the 140 CORRIDORS AND COLUMNS. building. The material used was stone in large blocks,fastened together,… … Ruins of the Coliseum, shownig its Internal Construction. which access was gained to the seats at different levels.Each corridor was ventilated by eighty arched openingsin the three lower stories. And each of these storiespresented an unbroken fagade of eighty columns, backedby piers, with eighty…
Architecture, Greek · Architecture, Roman
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