Gabb, Thomas: Finis pyramidis or Disquisitions concerning the antiquity and scientific end of the great pyramid of Giza, or ancient Memphis, in Egypt, and of the first standard of linear measure (Retford, 1806)

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therefore, was yds.12, in.5.76 in height : and the pannels
of the valves, were adorned with bas-relief sculpture of
foliage, cherubs, and other devices ; but the stiles and
rails, that framed the pannels, were covered with thin
plates of gold, fastened to them with golden studs;
each stud worth 50 sides, and the golden side was
about fifteen shillings. The studs are in form of artifi-
cial roses, projecting between 2 and 3 inches, and about
the same in diameter ; on the stiles and rails of the
doors of the Pantheon, at Rome, these studs are made
of brass, about an 180 in number, placed in rows : pro-
bably those on the doors of the oracle, were something
of the same form ; and, to take them at the same num-
ber, these golden studs alone, were equal, as gold now
is valued, to, at least, 6750 pounds sterling. Hence we
see, how worthy of notice, this object was, and how
deserving of a place in the sacred record.

It may also gratify the curiosity of some of my
readers, if I here insert an estimate of the value of the
gilding, throughout the interior parts of the Temple,
considered as mere flat work, for the carved devises
would require three times, and if very bold relief, even
iaore than four times the quantity of gold, that would
be required, to cover the flat surface they occupy.

The walls were entirely covered, the Scripture in•«
forms us, with cedar wainscoting; the ceiling was also
of cedar, and all was gilt: the height of the walls was
120 little cubits, i. e. cubits of Cairo; the ceiling on ac-
count of it's carred form, was about 100 cubits, though
the breadth of the Temple was only 80 such cubits :
then the length 240: and the cedar screen 80 cubits
square, gilt on both sides: these dimensions will be
found to produce 113 600 square cubits. The size of

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