Temples, ancient and modern : or, Notes on church architecture (1837)
Bardwell, Wm. (William) · London : Printed for the author · leaf 159
118 ANCIENT AND MODERN. idea is evident in the chapel at Ravenna, built by a daughter of Theodoric as the mau- … wonder from its lightness; its cupola, which has now weathered the storms of twelve hundred years, is sixty feet diameter, and composed entirely of jars of earthenware, ar- ranged spirally with much ingenuity, combining, in an emi- nent degree, lightness with strength. The circular church of St.…
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![An illustration from Ioannis Pierii Valeriani Bellvnesis Hieroglyphica, sive De sacris Aegypticrvm aliarumq[ue] gentium literis, commentariorum libri LVIII cum duobus alijs ab eruditissimo viro annexis. Accesserunt loco auctarij, Hieroglyphicorum collectanea, ex veteribus & recentioribus auctoribus descripta, & in sex libros digesta. Horapollinis item hieroglyphicorum libri duo, ex postrema Dauidis Hoeschelij correctione. Praetereà eiusdem Pierij declamatiuncula Pro barbis sacerdotum, & reliqua opuscula siue Poemata omnia (1614)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-ioannispieriival14vale-686-391.webp)
