triglyphs of the Doric order.The introduction of the angular triglyph seems to havebeen an anomaly which could not have arisen, had the lestine, which he takes so much pleasure in liberally communicating tohis friends. The tombs of Benihassan are excavated in a rock a short distancefrom the Nile on… … 6i diameters in height. The flutes are shallow and 20 in number, andthe capital consists of an abacus only. There are no indications of abase or plinth. Above the architrave, which is plain, is a projecting ledgeof the rock, in the form of a cornice, the soffit of which is sculptured ap-parentlv i…
Decoration and ornament · Architecture
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