Miscellaneous Works, 4. köideD.A. Talboys, 1830 |
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Page 6
... pillars of different orders . If these were so many true columns of marble , set in their proper architecture , they would certainly very much adorn the places where they stand ; but as they are now , they only show us that there is ...
... pillars of different orders . If these were so many true columns of marble , set in their proper architecture , they would certainly very much adorn the places where they stand ; but as they are now , they only show us that there is ...
Page 15
... pillar like a gallery , and supported by huge figures of the same metal . The history of our Saviour , or rather of the blessed virgin ( for it begins with her birth , and ends with her coronation in heaven , that of our Saviour coming ...
... pillar like a gallery , and supported by huge figures of the same metal . The history of our Saviour , or rather of the blessed virgin ( for it begins with her birth , and ends with her coronation in heaven , that of our Saviour coming ...
Page 19
... pillar , superscribed Colonne Infame . The story is told in handsome Latin , which I shall set down , as having never seen it transcribed . Hic , ubi hæc Area patens est , Surgebat olim Tonstrina Jo ' Jacobi Moræ : Qui factâ cum ...
... pillar , superscribed Colonne Infame . The story is told in handsome Latin , which I shall set down , as having never seen it transcribed . Hic , ubi hæc Area patens est , Surgebat olim Tonstrina Jo ' Jacobi Moræ : Qui factâ cum ...
Page 28
... pillars without any pedestal or basis , as Vitruvius has described them . I have not yet seen any gar- dens in Italy worth taking notice of . The Italians fall as short of the French in this particular , as they excel them in their ...
... pillars without any pedestal or basis , as Vitruvius has described them . I have not yet seen any gar- dens in Italy worth taking notice of . The Italians fall as short of the French in this particular , as they excel them in their ...
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... pillar is set the statue of the blessed virgin , arrayed like a queen , with a sceptre in her hand , and a crown upon her head ; for having delivered the town from a raging pestilence . The custom of crowning the holy virgin is so much ...
... pillar is set the statue of the blessed virgin , arrayed like a queen , with a sceptre in her hand , and a crown upon her head ; for having delivered the town from a raging pestilence . The custom of crowning the holy virgin is so much ...
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