Marble Pillars 37 Foot high, with their Capitals of moft exquifite Carved Work ; as alfo muft have been the Cornifhes between them, before by Rude and Superftitious Hands they were broken down. Of thefe there are now no more than 58 remaining entire ;... MISCELLANEA CURIOSA - Page 92by Edmond Halley - 1708Full view - About this book
| Edmond Halley - 1707 - 456 pages
...Remainders of two Rows of very Nobje- Marble Pillars 37 Foot high, with .-? v\ -• : ? ' theirtheir Capitals of moft exquifite Carved Work ; as alfo muft...fide, which is oppofed to the Front of the Temple, feein to have exceeded the other in Beauty and Spacioufnefs ; and at each end thereof are two Niches... | |
| Royal Society (Great Britain) - 1707 - 462 pages
...exquiGte Carved Work j as alfb muft have been the Cornifhes between them, before by Rude and Superflitious Hands they were broken down. Of thefe there are now...Temple, feem to have exceeded the other in Beauty and Spacipufhefs ; and at each end thereof are two Niches for Statues at their fiill length, with their... | |
| Royal Society (Great Britain) - 1716 - 748 pages
...the Cornices between them, before by Rude and Superftitious Hands they were broken down. Of theiè there are now no more than 58 Remaining Entire : but...have gone quite Round the Whole Court, and to have Supported a moil Spacious double Piazza or Clojfler. Of this Piazza the Walks on the Weft iide, which... | |
| Edward Wells - 1801 - 394 pages
...between them, before they were broken down. Of thefe pillars there are now no more than eight and fifty remaining entire : but there muft have been a great...more, for they appear to have gone quite round the court, and to have fupported a moft ipacious double piazza or cloifter. Of this piazza, the walks on... | |
| Edward Wells - 1819 - 398 pages
...down. Of these pillars there are now no more than eight and fifty remaining entire ; but there must have been a great many more, for they appear to have gone quite round the court, and to have supported a most spacious double piazza or cloister. Of this piazza., the walks... | |
| Thomas Dudley Fosbroke - 1828 - 428 pages
...they were broken. Of these there are now no more than 58 remaining entire, but there must have been many more, for they appear to have gone quite round the whole court, and to have supported a most spacious double piazza or cloister. Of this piazza the walks on the west side, which... | |
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