. American history:. ipal ofwhich is in the centre, opposite the range of steps leadingup the terrace. The centre door is eight feet six incheswide, and eiijht feet ten inches hich. The others are ofthe same height, but two feet less in width. The wallsof the edifice are of plain stone up to the mouldings thatrun along the tops of the doorways; above which, to thetop of the building, are ornaments and sculptured workin great pVofusion, without any rudeness in the designs,but of symmetrical proportions, and rich and curiousworkmanship. The building is divided into two rangesof rooms from front
. American history:. ipal ofwhich is in the centre, opposite the range of steps leadingup the terrace. The centre door is eight feet six incheswide, and eiijht feet ten inches hich. The others are ofthe same height, but two feet less in width. The wallsof the edifice are of plain stone up to the mouldings thatrun along the tops of the doorways; above which, to thetop of the building, are ornaments and sculptured workin great pVofusion, without any rudeness in the designs,but of symmetrical proportions, and rich and curiousworkmanship. The building is divided into two rangesof rooms from front to rear.^ The floors are of cement,and the walls are of square stones smoothly polished, andlaid with as much regularity as under the rules of thebest modern masonry. ANALYSIS. 1. Terraces,how covered. 2. Prokenpillar. 3. Staircase. 4. Uppermost tcrrac-: and buildins un its platform. 5. Thefrontdoorways oftiK building. 6. Walls ofthe edifice. 7. T!ie roomx a. See the Plan, next page. 84 AMERICAN ANTIQI iTIES. [Book I. Frost Vitw of Part op Bchdixq No I, Uxmal. V
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