. An encyclopaedia of architecture, historical, theoretical, & practical. New ed., rev., portions rewritten, and with additions by Wyatt Papworth. ti), 11 (;ii IIISTOllY OF ARCHITECTURE. Hook 1. (iark ; on llic contraiv a jileasant Tfrlit is difTiised tliroiigliout. and daiknoss is not fonnri inany corner of it. Jhis is a subject well worthy of consideration, and one wnicn we uro-pos« hereafter to turn to practical 517pies, beein the <exj)ressi Fie. 1?1. tra] Jlie Teni))le of Peace has been reserved by us to close the notices of the Roman tein- -anse of its deviation f


. An encyclopaedia of architecture, historical, theoretical, & practical. New ed., rev., portions rewritten, and with additions by Wyatt Papworth. ti), 11 (;ii IIISTOllY OF ARCHITECTURE. Hook 1. (iark ; on llic contraiv a jileasant Tfrlit is difTiised tliroiigliout. and daiknoss is not fonnri inany corner of it. Jhis is a subject well worthy of consideration, and one wnicn we uro-pos« hereafter to turn to practical 517pies, beein the <exj)ressi Fie. 1?1. tra] Jlie Teni))le of Peace has been reserved by us to close the notices of the Roman tein- -anse of its deviation from the general form of other Greek and Roman temples, which uadrangular species are so formed on one general plan tiiat ab uno discs nmiics is the n api)licable to them. The Jic/s. 121. and 122. represent the plan and section of this bnilding. The former will be seento have been rectangnlar, with aI)oich extending along the wholebreadth of the building in was vaulted, the summit in-tciiorly being 35 ft. high; and inI front were seven semicircular-headedapertures serving as entrances. Jhelength of the tem])le outside, notincluding the deptli of the ])orch,«as 294 ft.; depth of the porch :]()ft ; width of thebuildingl97ft. Thetemple was longitudinally dividedI into three nearly equal parts, whereofthe central one was a rectangularwj iDie of the whole length of thetemple, whose breadth was one thirdof its l


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