The British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 1Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809 - Natural history |
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... entablature with a peculiar species of cornice : a composition which seems to be borrowed from those of the Doric and Ionic orders . In this entablature the figure of the mutules supporting the corona is changed into the form of a ...
... entablature with a peculiar species of cornice : a composition which seems to be borrowed from those of the Doric and Ionic orders . In this entablature the figure of the mutules supporting the corona is changed into the form of a ...
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... entablature of the upper- most order of the Coloseum . More recent authors have , for the greater part , either adopted the entablature of the frontispiece of Nero , which was supported by Corinthian columns , or have brought in ...
... entablature of the upper- most order of the Coloseum . More recent authors have , for the greater part , either adopted the entablature of the frontispiece of Nero , which was supported by Corinthian columns , or have brought in ...
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... decorating the piers of ar- cades , as with rustics , columns , pilasters , caryatides , persians , or terms surmounted with appropriate entablatures ; and some- times the piers are even so broad , as to ARCHITECTURE .
... decorating the piers of ar- cades , as with rustics , columns , pilasters , caryatides , persians , or terms surmounted with appropriate entablatures ; and some- times the piers are even so broad , as to ARCHITECTURE .
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... entablature , supported by columns on each side of the arch . In some instances , the arches of arcades are sup- ported entirely by single or coupled co- lumns , without the entablature ; as in the temple of Faunus at Rome . This form ...
... entablature , supported by columns on each side of the arch . In some instances , the arches of arcades are sup- ported entirely by single or coupled co- lumns , without the entablature ; as in the temple of Faunus at Rome . This form ...
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... entablature , or placed behind a row of columns , have their bases and capitals like those of the columns , with the corresponding parts at the same heights , and when placed upon the angles of buildings , the breadth of the returns is ...
... entablature , or placed behind a row of columns , have their bases and capitals like those of the columns , with the corresponding parts at the same heights , and when placed upon the angles of buildings , the breadth of the returns is ...
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