. Easy steps in architecture and architectural drawing .. . Pig. 22. TEMPLE OF EDFU. A.—Pylon. B—Obelisks. C—Entrance. D—Temple-Court. E—Porti- cus. F—Pronaos (Court with colonnades). G—Noas. H—Sanctuarium. as to the associations which fancy may link with them. 26. The principal elements in the designs of the Temples (Fig. 22) consist, firstly, of the temple building EASY LESSONS IN ARCHITECTURE 107 itself, with its vestibules and side-buildings wbicli servedas dwelling-places for the priests; secondly, of a closedcourt which surrounded the actual temple; and, thirdly,of a stupendous entrance-
. Easy steps in architecture and architectural drawing .. . Pig. 22. TEMPLE OF EDFU. A.—Pylon. B—Obelisks. C—Entrance. D—Temple-Court. E—Porti- cus. F—Pronaos (Court with colonnades). G—Noas. H—Sanctuarium. as to the associations which fancy may link with them. 26. The principal elements in the designs of the Temples (Fig. 22) consist, firstly, of the temple building EASY LESSONS IN ARCHITECTURE 107 itself, with its vestibules and side-buildings wbicli servedas dwelling-places for the priests; secondly, of a closedcourt which surrounded the actual temple; and, thirdly,of a stupendous entrance-gate of peculiar shape, calledthe Pylon. In some instances a second forecourt occurred, beforewhich was likewise a pylon, and occasionally even athird pylon was ilBlinihllll!!!!, 1 - I I lli I, lull Pljll Fig 23. SPHINX AT THEBES. The avenues to these pylons, which are in many in-stances 6,000 ft. long, lead through rows (dromos) ofcolossal sphinxes or rams (Fig. 23), and through variousother smaller entrance-gates, resembling the pylon inform. 27. The pylon (Figs. 24 and 25), the main entrance-gate, which conducts into the front-court, overlooks allthe other gates and the whole structure of the pylon consists of three parts—namely, of two flank-ing towers, and the gateway thus formed between them. This gateway again is flanked by perpendicular jambs 108 EASY LESSONS IN ARCHITECTURE
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