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Daedalus, or, The causes and principles of the excellence of Greek sculpture (1860)

Falkener, Edward, 1814-1896, author · London : Longman, Green, Longman, & Roberts · leaf 370

An illustration from Daedalus, or, The causes and principles of the excellence of Greek sculpture, 1860, leaf 370 — 290 APPENDIX. observed that in all these instances, the arch of the propylon at G-ournou only excepted, the bricks are invariably placed longi¬ tudinally : — whereas in the Roman method, the way followed by ourselves, a stronger and more perfect principle is employed, by which each brick has a… … Had the Romans formed the vaults at the Memnonium, they would doubtless have built according to their own method. The conclusion is therefore evident that they cannot be Roman, and must be of the same date as other monuments in Egypt con¬ structed on the same principle of design ; unless, indeed,…

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