A history of architecture in all countries, from the earliest times to the present day (1874)
Fergusson, James, 1808-1886 · New York, Dodd, Mead · leaf 263
, as in the instances above quoted of Jerusalem, Palmyra, Kangovar, and others, the essential forms and arrangements are all local and Asiatic. The former are Greek temples with Asiatic details, the latter Asiatic temples with only Roman masonic forms. The Greeks in fact were colonists, the Romans… … 120. Elevation of the Monument and Section of the Tomb at Amrith. (From Renan.i) Though not strictly within the geographical limits of this chapter, there is a group of tombs at Amrith — the ancient Marathos, on the coast of Syria — which are too interesting to be passed over ; but so ^ In reality…
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