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 162
ncluding the pedes-tal, is 127J feet, or equalto the elevation of theneck of land or isthmuswhich formerly united theCapitoline and QuirinalHills, and which wascleared away on the con-struction of the ForumThe diameter at the baseis between 12 and 13 feet;at the top, rather more thana foot less.… … i6o A TRIUMPH OF ART. a statue of Trajan, holding a gilded globe ; now replacedby that of St. Peter, in gilt bronze, 11 feet high, erectedby Pope Sixtus V. about 1585. For seventeen centuries, says an eminent authority,this noble pillar has been regarded as a triumph of art;and there can be no…
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