Temples, ancient and modern : or, Notes on church architecture (1837)
Bardwell, Wm. (William) · London : Printed for the author · leaf 79
ANCIENT AND MODERN. 58 tan, the numerous pillars set up by the Phoenician merchants on the shores of the Mediterranean; in France, in Sweden, and in Great Britain, circles and rows of huge stones, like those of Stonehenge, Abury, &c, Cromlechs and Logan stones, a port- able ark or taber- … regularity of mathematical proportions. A sphere and a tetra- hedron ; and last succeeded a vase covered with a flat lid, and adorned with various sculptures from the vegetable and the marine world. The rite of sacrifice was an institution peculiarly adapted to the early ages of the world,…
Church architecture · Temples
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