The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 1. köideThomas Spencer Baynes C. Scribner's sons, 1878 |
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... fine ourselves to the structural plan and arrangement of conventual establishments , and a description of the various buildings of which these vast piles were composed . The earliest Christian monastic communities with which Cells . we ...
... fine ourselves to the structural plan and arrangement of conventual establishments , and a description of the various buildings of which these vast piles were composed . The earliest Christian monastic communities with which Cells . we ...
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... fine public buildings . The principal of these is Marischal College or University Buildings , which stands on the site of a pre - Reformation Franciscan Convent , and was rebuilt , 1836-1841 , at a cost of about £ 30,000 . It forms ...
... fine public buildings . The principal of these is Marischal College or University Buildings , which stands on the site of a pre - Reformation Franciscan Convent , and was rebuilt , 1836-1841 , at a cost of about £ 30,000 . It forms ...
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... fine light air counteracting the power of the sun ; and during the rainy season , the sky being cloudy , the weather is always agreeable and cool , while the rain itself is not very severe . In certain of the low valleys , however ...
... fine light air counteracting the power of the sun ; and during the rainy season , the sky being cloudy , the weather is always agreeable and cool , while the rain itself is not very severe . In certain of the low valleys , however ...
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... fine library , consisting of 36,000 curious books and manuscripts ; together with an extensive museum , in which the various branches of natural history , & c . , are distributed in different apartments . The latter is extremely rich in ...
... fine library , consisting of 36,000 curious books and manuscripts ; together with an extensive museum , in which the various branches of natural history , & c . , are distributed in different apartments . The latter is extremely rich in ...
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... fine arts added in 1845 through the agency of M. Van de Weyer , the learned Belgian ambassador at London . It has devoted itself principally to national history and anti- quities . III . ACADEMIES OF ARCHEOLOGY AND HISTORY.- Italy ...
... fine arts added in 1845 through the agency of M. Van de Weyer , the learned Belgian ambassador at London . It has devoted itself principally to national history and anti- quities . III . ACADEMIES OF ARCHEOLOGY AND HISTORY.- Italy ...
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