Popular Dictionary of Architecture and the Allied Arts: A Work of Reference for the Architect, Builder, Sculptor, Decorative Artist, and General Student. With Numerous Illustrations from All Styles of Architecture, from the Egyptian to the Renaissance, Volumen1G. P. Putnam's sons, 1881 |
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... heads of Isis , and the abacus assumes the shape of a small temple with four pylons . Practically , it is a cubical mass of stone , about the dimensions of the capital , ornamented with four temple façades and gateways . There are ...
... heads of Isis , and the abacus assumes the shape of a small temple with four pylons . Practically , it is a cubical mass of stone , about the dimensions of the capital , ornamented with four temple façades and gateways . There are ...
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... heads of houses being called priors . The Cistercians , in the eleventh and twelfth centuries , appointed an abbot in each monastery , all of whom were required yearly to attend the General Chapter ; but the parent abbey of Citeaux ...
... heads of houses being called priors . The Cistercians , in the eleventh and twelfth centuries , appointed an abbot in each monastery , all of whom were required yearly to attend the General Chapter ; but the parent abbey of Citeaux ...
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... heads , hands , and feet were of marble , while their draped bodies were of wood or other materials , most probably decorated with colour and gilding . Vitruvius tells us that the sculptors antecedent to Phidias made only the ...
... heads , hands , and feet were of marble , while their draped bodies were of wood or other materials , most probably decorated with colour and gilding . Vitruvius tells us that the sculptors antecedent to Phidias made only the ...
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... head supported on his left arm , and Eve , a graceful figure , appears borne upwards by angels towards the Creator , who holds her right arm in one hand and blesses her Iwith the other . No opening is shown in Adam's side , and although ...
... head supported on his left arm , and Eve , a graceful figure , appears borne upwards by angels towards the Creator , who holds her right arm in one hand and blesses her Iwith the other . No opening is shown in Adam's side , and although ...
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... sculpture , painting , or stained glass . AEGICRANES . ( Gr . ) The heads or skulls of rams , used in Classic architecture as sculptured enrichments for temples and altars . AEOLUS . In mythology , the God of the Winds 27 AEGICRANES !
... sculpture , painting , or stained glass . AEGICRANES . ( Gr . ) The heads or skulls of rams , used in Classic architecture as sculptured enrichments for temples and altars . AEOLUS . In mythology , the God of the Winds 27 AEGICRANES !
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Página 180 - AND after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.
Página 188 - And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap : for the time is come for thee to reap ; for the harvest of the earth is ripe.
Página 184 - And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire...
Página 192 - And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony ; the fourth, an emerald ; the fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite ; the eighth, beryl ; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus ; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst. And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; every several gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure...
Página 183 - And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions : and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.
Página 183 - And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God, saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.
Página 187 - And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto - them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation and kindred and tongue and people ; saying with a loud voice ; Fear God, and give glory to him, for the hour of his judgment is come; and worship him that made heaven and earth and the sea and the fountains of waters.
Página 187 - And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps: And they sung as it were a new song before the throne...
Página 188 - And after that I looked, and, behold, the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened : and the seven angels came out of the temple, having the seven plagues, clothed in pure and white linen, and having their breasts girded with golden girdles.
Página 184 - But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not ; for it is given unto the Gentiles : and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.