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temples by windows in the roof, which was the chief mode of
lighting those buildings. They were small square or oblong

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holes splaying inwards, (woodcut 48, fig. 4) ; and the side-
windows were often of the same kind, the exterior opening not
being a foot square. The few windows introduced into the
side-walls of temples were about three feet in breadth, half
of which was occupied by the bars or mullions. They splayed
inwards; and were generally recessed (fig. 3) ; or of such a

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