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The habitations of man in all ages (1876)

Viollet-le-Duc, Eugène-Emmanuel, 1814-1879 · London : Sampson Law, Marston, Searle & Rivington · leaf 152

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I2Ô A large room A was set out, and to support its heavy ceiling, eight trunks of trees forked at the top divided it into three bays. Adjoining this was a passage B, communi- cating with six chambers, and at the end a small sanctuary; for as the Aryas had then temples and priests, the religious… … coeoiee Interior of Median House. — Fig. 43. a kitchen R, and the room S allotted to the servants or dependants. A flight of wooden steps gave access to the terrace of the main building. As indicated in the plan,, the buildings were constructed with trunks of trees, placed vertically in double…

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