 It has no windows, but only an opening in the top for the admission of light, of about 25 feet diameter. The walls on the inside are either solid marble or incrusted. The front on the outside was covered with brazen plates gilt, the top with silver plates,...  A Catechism of the History of England ... - Page 48by C. Irving - 1822 - 100 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Alexander Adam - Rome - 1819 - 578 pages
...opening in the top for the admission of light, of about 25 feet diameter. The walls in the inside are either solid marble or incrusted. The front on the outside was covered with brazen plates gilt, the top with silver-plates, but now it is covered with lead. The gate was of brass of extraordinary... | |
 | Alexander Adam - Rome - 1819 - 602 pages
...opening in the top for the admission of light, of about 25 feet diameter. The walls in the inside are either solid marble or incrusted. The front on the outside was covered with brazen plates gilt, the top with silver plates, but now it is covered with lead. The gate was of brass of extraordinary... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Rome - 1828 - 360 pages
...in the shape of a dome, through an opening in which light is admitted. The walls in the inside are either solid marble or incrusted ; the front on the outside was covered with gilt brazen plates, and the tops with silver plates; the gate was built of brass, of extraordinary... | |
 | Alexander Adam - History - 1830 - 502 pages
...opening in the top for the admission of light of about 2Г> feet diameter. The walls in the inside are either solid marble or incrusted. The front on the outside was covered with brazen plates gift, the top with silver plates, but now it is covered with lead. The gate was of brass of extraordinary... | |
 | Charles Knapp Dillaway - Mythology, Classical - 1831 - 192 pages
...the top of the roof, which serves very well for the admission of light. The walls on the inside are either solid marble or incrusted. The front, on the outside, was covered with brazen plates, gilt, the top with silver plates, which are now changed to lead. The gates were brass, of extraordinary work... | |
 | Alexander Adam - Rome - 1833 - 524 pages
...in the top for the admission of light of about 25 feet diameter. The walls in the inside are cither solid marble or incrusted. The front on the outside was covered with brazen plates gilt, the top with silver plates, but now it is covered with lead. The gate was of brass, of extraordinary... | |
 | Alexander Adam - 1835 - 570 pages
...opening in the top for the admission of light, of about 25 feet diameter. The walls on the inside are either solid marble or incrusted. The front on the outside was covered with brazen plates gilt, the top with silver plates, but now it is covered witli lead. The gate was of brass of extraordinary... | |
 | Johann Joachim Eschenburg - Classical antiquities - 1837 - 372 pages
...circular in form and said to be 150 feet high and of about the same breadth. The walls on the inside are either solid marble or incrusted. The front on the...outside was covered with brazen plates gilt and the top with silver plates, but now it is covered with lead. The gate was of brass of extraordinary size... | |
 | Alexander Adam - Rome - 1836 - 476 pages
...opening in the top for the admission of light, of about 25 feet diameter. The walls on the inside are either solid marble or incrusted. The front on the outside was covered with brazen plates gilt, the top with silver plates, but now it is covered with lead. The gate was of brass of extraordinary... | |
 | Johann Joachim Eschenburg - Art, Ancient - 1844 - 780 pages
...and of about the same breadth within the walls, which are 18 feet thick. The walls on the inside ae either solid marble or incrusted. The front on the...outside was covered with brazen plates gilt, and the top with silver plates; but now it is covered with lead. The gate was of brass, of extraordinary size... | |
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