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" As the roof of this nave is wanting, the columns support nothing but a frieze of wood, which occupies the place of the architrave and of the whole entablature. Open timber-work rests upon the walls, and rises into the form of a dome, to support a roof... "
Travels to Jerusalem and the Holy Land: Through Egypt - Page 328
by François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1835
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Travels in Greece, Palestine, Egypt, and Barbary During the Years ..., Volume 1

François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1812 - 446 pages
...the foot of the cross, is • adorned with forty-eight columns of the Corinthian order, in four rows. These columns are two feet six inches in diameter...occupies the place of the architrave and of the whole xentablature. Open timber-work rests upon the walls, and rises into the form of a dome, to support...
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The Port Folio

1813 - 716 pages
...please, the foot of the cross, is adorned with forty-eight columns of the Corinthian order, in four rows. These columns are two feet six inches in diameter at the base, and eighteen feet high, including the ba:e and capital. As the roof of this nave is wanting, the columns support nothing but a friezii of...
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Calmet's Great Dictionary of the Holy Bible: Scripture illustrated, by means ...

Augustin Calmet - 1814 - 636 pages
...please, the foot of the cross, is adorned with forty-eight columns of (he Corinthian order, in four rows. These columns are two feet six inches in diameter...the architrave and of the whole entablature. Open timber work rests upon the walls, and rises into the form of a dome, to support the roof that no longer...
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Travels in Greece, Palestine, Egypt and Barbary: During the Years 1806 and 1807

François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1814 - 546 pages
...the' foot of the cross, is adorned with forty-eight columns of the Corinthian order, in four rows. These columns are two feet six inches in diameter...but a frieze of wood, which occupies the place of Uie architrave and of the whole entablature. Open timber-work rests upon the walls, and rises into...
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Travels in Greece, Palestine, Egypt, and Barbary, During the Years 1806 and 1807

François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1814 - 550 pages
...please, the foot of the cross, is adorned with forty-eight columns of the Corinthian order, in four rows. These columns are two feet six inches in diameter...capital. As the roof of this nave is wanting, the columns •upport nothing but a frieze of wood, which occupies the place of the architrave and of the whole...
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Palestine: Or, The Holy Land

Josiah Conder - 1824 - 398 pages
...inches in diameter, and eighteen feet high, including the base and the capital. " As the roof of the nave is wanting, the columns support nothing but a...wood, which occupies the place of the architrave and the whole entablature. Open timberwork rests on the walls, and rises into the form of a dome to support...
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Critica Biblica: or, Depository of sacred literature, comprising remarks on ...

William Carpenter - 1827 - 506 pages
...and the capital : these are of chaste execution and in excellent preservation. " As the roof of the nave is wanting, the columns support nothing but a...wood, which occupies the place of the architrave and the whole entablature. Open timber-work rests on the walls, and rises into the form of a dome to support...
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A visit to Jerusalem and the holy places adjacent

C. B. Walk - 1828 - 78 pages
...is adorned with forty-eight columns of the Corinthian order, in four rows ; these columns are four feet six inches in diameter at the base, and eighteen feet high including the base and capital. The altar is dedicated to the wise men of the east, and on the pavement at the foot of the altar is...
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Palestine: Or, the Holy Land : from the Earliest Period to the Present Time

Michael Russell (bp. of Glasgow and Galloway.) - 1831 - 466 pages
...nave being adorned with forty-eight columns of the Corinthian order in four rows, which are at least two feet six inches in diameter at the base, and eighteen...high including the base and capital. As the roof of the nave is wanting, these pillars support nothing but a frieze of wood, which occupies the place of...
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Palestine Or the Holy Land: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time ...

Michael Russell - 1833 - 374 pages
...nave being adorned with forty-eight columns of the Corinthian order in four rows, which are at least two feet six inches in diameter at the base, and eighteen...high, including the base and capital. As the roof of the nave is wanting, these pillars support nothing but a frieze of wood, which occupies the place of...
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