Architecture; an introduction to the history and theory of the art of building (1912)
Lethaby, W. R. (William Richard), 1857-1931 · London: Williams and Norgate · leaf 36
S2 ARCHITECTURE such capitals in a fashion of tying flowers to the posts of huts and shrines, or at least of painting flowers and bindings on the "capitals^' of the wooden columns. Stone columns required no bases, but wooden posts rested on low, round, stone blocks, and these were later brought… … in the earliest-known history appears elaborate and perfect. . . . Few discoveries of importance were made during thousands of years which ensued.'' The hieroglyphs at Meydum showed that at the beginning of the Fourth Dynasty ''nearly all the conventions were already perfected.'' Representations of…
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