Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), 1855-1926 · New York [etc.] Longmans, Green, and co. · leaf 65
ng, narrow halls and 32 HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE. small, square chambers. One court probably belonged tothe harem, another to the kings apartments, others to de-pendents and to the service of the palace. The crude brickwalls are immensely thick and without windows, the onlyopenings being for doors.… … FIG. 19. GATE, KHORSABAD. west corner was a temple, the substructure of which wascrowned by a cavetto cornice showing plainly the influenceof Egyptian models. The whole palace stood upon a stu-pendous platform faced with cut stone, an unaccustomedextravagance in Assyria. ARCHITECTURAL DETAILS.…
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