By Nile and Tigris : a narrative of Journeys in Egypt and Mesopotamia on behalf of the British Museum between the years 1886 and 1913 . ^3 <i^T^. i8o The Arch of Chosroes Described by plete state of preservation, the reader is referred to theworks of Pietro della Valle/ Ker Porter,^ and Bucking-ham.^ Leaving the fa9ade of the Arch, we passedinside the building, which extended westward for morethan 150 feet, and then reahzed for the first time tliat theso-called Arch was nothing more or less than the roofof the great central hall of the palace, which was probablyused by Nushirwan as a recept
By Nile and Tigris : a narrative of Journeys in Egypt and Mesopotamia on behalf of the British Museum between the years 1886 and 1913 . ^3 <i^T^. i8o The Arch of Chosroes Described by plete state of preservation, the reader is referred to theworks of Pietro della Valle/ Ker Porter,^ and Bucking-ham.^ Leaving the fa9ade of the Arch, we passedinside the building, which extended westward for morethan 150 feet, and then reahzed for the first time tliat theso-called Arch was nothing more or less than the roofof the great central hall of the palace, which was probablyused by Nushirwan as a reception room or a state dining- LAiuan Kesra adunque . . t una fabbrica grande, fattatutta di mattoni cotti e buona cake, con muraglie grossissime, e rivoltacon la faccia all oriente ; e la sua facciata, che 6 lavorata dalto abasso con mille scompartimenti del medesimi mattoni, e lunga dacento e quattordici passi de miei. Avea, come apparisce, tre navi, alluso delle chiese nostre ; delle quali, queUa di mezzo sola resta in piedi,ed e lunga sessantadue passi de miei, e larga trentatre . . tuttala nave di mezzo, quanto e larga ed alta, e aperta
Size: 1014px × 2465px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1920, booksubjectegyptdescriptionandt
