The Illustrated Handbook of Architecture

12th century adorned aisles Ajunta ancient angles annexed appearance apse arches architects architecture architrave arrangement Asoka Assyrian basilica beauty belong Beni Hassan Buddhist building built capital Cathedral caves cells central centre certainly Christian church circular clerestory columns complete construction Corinthian order decoration dimensions dome doubt edifices Egypt Egyptian elegance Ellora entablature erected Etruscan examples excavated exist extent external façade France Gothic Greeks hall height Hindu India instance interior Ionic order Jaina Khorsabad king magnificence Mahometan masonry ment mode modern monasteries monuments mosque nave nearly octagonal original ornament painted palace peculiarities perfect perhaps Persepolis piers pillars pointed porch possess principal probably pyramid race Ravenna remains remarkable rock-cut Roman Romanesque Rome roof ruins Sanchi Scale 100 ft sculpture seems side specimen spire square stone style tecture temple tombs topes towers trace tumuli vault vimana walls whole woodcut wooden