. Architecture, classic and early Christian . Tig. IJ—Imitation of Timber in SiONE. FROM A ToMb AT iiG i;—Imitation op Timbcr ConstructionSioNE, FROM A Tomb at Memphis. T2 ANCIENT ARCHITECTURE. of the Ivind we have just been describing; but ^Yhen wecome to the series of remains of the twelfth dynasty atBeni-Hassan, in middle Egypt, we meet with the earliestknown examples of that most interesting feature of allsubsequent styles — the column. Whether the idea ofcolumnar architecture originated with the necessities ofquarrying—square piers being left at intervals to suppor
. Architecture, classic and early Christian . Tig. IJ—Imitation of Timber in SiONE. FROM A ToMb AT iiG i;—Imitation op Timbcr ConstructionSioNE, FROM A Tomb at Memphis. T2 ANCIENT ARCHITECTURE. of the Ivind we have just been describing; but ^Yhen wecome to the series of remains of the twelfth dynasty atBeni-Hassan, in middle Egypt, we meet with the earliestknown examples of that most interesting feature of allsubsequent styles — the column. Whether the idea ofcolumnar architecture originated with the necessities ofquarrying—square piers being left at intervals to supportthe superincumbent mass of rock as the quarry was gradu-ally driven in—or whether the earliest stone piers wereimitations of brickwork or of timber posts, we shall pro-bably never be able to determine accurately, though theformer supposition seems the more likely. We have heremonuments of a date 1400 years anterior to the earliestknown Greek examples, with splendid columns, bothexterior and interior, which no reasonable person candoubt are the prototypes of the Greek Doric 14 is a plan with a sect
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