Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), 1855-1926 · New York [etc.] Longmans, Green, and co. · leaf 63
rs and the barrel-vault for the drainage-tunnels Cs * See Fergusson, Palaces of Xineveh and Persepolis^ for an ingeniousbut unsubstantiated argument for the use of columns in Assyrian palaces. 30 HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE. under the terraces, made necessary by the heavy rainfall.What these structures… … FIG. l8.—PALACE OF SARGON AT KHORSABAD. hunting scenes, battles, and gods, which now enrich themuseums of London, Paris, and other modern cities. Else-where painted plaster or more durable enamelled tile in brill-iant colors embellished the walls, and, doubtless, rugs andtapestries added their…
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