 | 458 pages
...surmounts the architrave of the portal, which is also of dove-coloured limestone, palombino, and fills up a triangular gap in the masonry of the wall, formed by an oblique approximation of the wide courses of stone, continued from each extremity of the lintel to the apex above its centre." It... | |
 | William Smith - 1873 - 1420 pages
...covered with a third block, 1 5 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 6 feet 7 inches high in the middle, but diminishing at the two ends. Above this block is a...wall, formed by an oblique approximation of the side course* of stone. continued from each extremity of the lintel to an apex above its centre. The vacant... | |
 | Heinrich Schliemann - 1878 - 544 pages
...uprights, which it roofs over, are four quadrangular holes for the bolts. Over the lintel of the gate is a triangular gap in the masonry of the wall, formed...oblique approximation of the side courses of stone. The object of this was to keep oft" the pressure of the superincumbent wall from the flat lintel. This... | |
 | Heinrich Schliemann - 1880 - 556 pages
...quadrangular holes for the bolts. Over the lintel of the gate is a triangular gap in the masonry-of the wall, formed by an oblique approximation of the side courses of stone. The object of this was to keep oft' the pressure of the superincumbent wall from the flat lintel. This... | |
 | Pausanias - 1898 - 692 pages
...to the gate, is a small chamber, probably for the use of the porter. " Over the lintel of the gate is a triangular gap in the masonry of the wall, formed...oblique approximation of the side courses of stone. The object of this was to keep off the pressure of the superFIG. 31. — THE LIONS OVER THE GATE AT... | |
 | William Ridgeway - 1931 - 708 pages
...inches. The lintel and threshold are each formed of a single huge block. " Over the lintel of the gate is a triangular gap in the masonry of the wall, formed...oblique approximation of the side courses of stone. The object of this was to keep off the pressure of the superincumbent wall from the flat lintel." The... | |
 | William Ridgeway - 1931 - 708 pages
...inches. The lintel and threshold are each formed of a single huge block. " Over the lintel of the gate is a triangular gap in the masonry of the wall, formed...oblique approximation of the side courses of stone. The object of this was to keep off the pressure of the superincumbent wall from the flat lintel." The... | |
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Over the lintel of the gate is a triangular gap in the masonry of the wall, formed by an oblique approximation of the side courses of stone. The object of this was to keep off the pressure of the superincumbent wall from the flat lintel. 