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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... pilasters over the columns ; and with statues placed on front of the pilasters , as in the arch of Constantine . The attic carried round the two courts of the great temple of Balbec is also broken into dwarf pilasters over the columns ...
... pilasters over the columns ; and with statues placed on front of the pilasters , as in the arch of Constantine . The attic carried round the two courts of the great temple of Balbec is also broken into dwarf pilasters over the columns ...
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... pilasters is the same as that of the head of the door , and the parts exactly of the same height , and projections ... pilasters , or breaks , the breadth of the pier may be from once to twice that of the apertures , according as the ...
... pilasters is the same as that of the head of the door , and the parts exactly of the same height , and projections ... pilasters , or breaks , the breadth of the pier may be from once to twice that of the apertures , according as the ...
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... pilasters or consoles , or with both ; and sometimes with co- lumns , when there is a set - off or proper base , so as not to have a false bearing . When the principal rooms are in the one pair of stairs , the windows of the ground ...
... pilasters or consoles , or with both ; and sometimes with co- lumns , when there is a set - off or proper base , so as not to have a false bearing . When the principal rooms are in the one pair of stairs , the windows of the ground ...
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... pilasters , entablatures , pediments , attics , blocking courses , imposts , archivolts , consoles , masks , niches ... pilasters , and some- times ranged alternately in the same levels with windows : in either case they should be ...
... pilasters , entablatures , pediments , attics , blocking courses , imposts , archivolts , consoles , masks , niches ... pilasters , and some- times ranged alternately in the same levels with windows : in either case they should be ...
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... pilasters be very narrow , the niches will be much better omitted , than to make them either diminutive , or of a disproportionate figure . When they are ranged with win- dows , their dimensions should be the same as the aperture of the ...
... pilasters be very narrow , the niches will be much better omitted , than to make them either diminutive , or of a disproportionate figure . When they are ranged with win- dows , their dimensions should be the same as the aperture of the ...
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