| Edward Gibbon - 1826 - عدد الصفحات: 486
...continent of Greece, Egypt, Africa, and Gaul. Eight columns of porphyry, which Aurelian had placed in the temple of the sun, were offered by the piety...of architecture disclaims their fantastic capitals. According to the sanctity of each object, the precious metals were distributed in thin leaves or in... | |
| William Brockedon - 1833 - عدد الصفحات: 308
...columns, and the pavement, delight even the eyes of barbarians, with a rich and variegated picture. " A variety of ornaments and figures was curiously expressed...images of Christ, of the Virgin, of saints, and of angels, which have been defaced by Turkish fanaticism, were dangerously exposed to the superstition... | |
| William Brockedon - 1833 - عدد الصفحات: 438
...columns, and the pavement, delight even the eyes of barbarians, with a rich and variegated picture. " A variety of ornaments and figures was curiously expressed...images of Christ, of the Virgin, of saints, and of angels, which have been defaced by Turkish fanaticism, were dangerously exposed to the superstition... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1854 - عدد الصفحات: 442
...which are less distinctly painted. 76 CHURCH OF ST. SOPHIA. CHAP. XL. phyry, which Aurelian had placed in the Temple of the Sun, were offered by the piety...images of Christ, of the Virgin, of saints, and of angels, which have been defaced by Turkish fanaticism, were dangerously exposed to the superstition... | |
| 1859 - عدد الصفحات: 534
...continent of Greece, Egypt, Africa, and Gaul. Eight columns of porphyry, which Aurelian had placed in the temple of the Sun, were offered by the piety...matron ; eight others of green marble were presented bv the ambitious zeal of the magistrates of Ephesus": both are admirable for their size and beauty,... | |
| Charles Knight - 1866 - عدد الصفحات: 526
...continent of Greece, Egypt, Africa, and Gaul. Eight columns of porphyry, which Aurelian had placed in the temple of the Sun, were offered by the piety...their fantastic capitals. A variety of ornaments and 6gures was curiously expressed in Mosaic ; and the images of Christ, of the Virgin, of saints, and... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1867 - عدد الصفحات: 744
...Gaul. Eight columns of porphyry, which Aurelian had placed in the Temple of the Sun, were oti'ered by the piety of a Roman matron ; eight others of green...of architecture disclaims their fantastic capitals. The balustrade of the choir, the capitals of the pillars, the ornaments of the doors and galleries,... | |
| Calvin N. Otis - 1869 - عدد الصفحات: 306
...continent of Greece, Egypt, Africa, and Gaul. "Eight columns of porphyry, which Aurelian had placed in the Temple of the Sun, were offered by the piety...of the magistrates of Ephesus. Both are admirable in their size and beauty, but every order of architecture disclaims their fantastic capitals. A variety... | |
| Calvin N. Otis - 1869 - عدد الصفحات: 320
...continent of Greece, Egypt. Africa, and Gaul.' "Eight columns of porphyry, which Aurelian had placed in the Temple of the Sun, were offered by the piety...of the magistrates of Ephesus. Both are admirable in their size and beauty, but every order of architecture disclaims their fantastic capitals. A variety... | |
| Edwin Heycock - 1872 - عدد الصفحات: 518
...to Christian ears, was placed in the eastern recess. . . . . A variety of ornaments and figures were curiously expressed in mosaic, and the images of Christ, of the Virgin, of saints, and of angels, which have been defaced by Turkish fanaticism, were dangerously exposed to the superstitions... | |
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