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EXPLANATION
Several artifts have obferved a fimilitude between fome European buildings
and fome parts of the ruins of Palmyra and Balbec -y from which they have,
perhaps too haftily, concluded that the former were copied from the latter.
The portico of the Louvre at Paris has been compared in this light with fome
parts of the ruins of Palmyra, as alio with the portico defcribed in this plate:
but we cannot difcover any foundation for inferences fo injurious to the me-
mory of the architect who built that noble ftru&ure, which is as juftly ad-
mired as it is unaccountably neglected.
PLATE VI.
Longitudinal fe&ion of the fame.
See it's tranverfe fe£tion plate XI.
PLATE VII.
Smaller door of communication, between the portico and hexagonal court.
A. The door. C and D. Tabernacles of the portico.
B. Niche over the door.
PLATE VIII.
Order of the portico.
PLATE IX.
View of the hexagonal court, in it's prefent ruinous ftate, as you ap-
proach it from the portico defcribed in the foregoing plates.
A. Exedra? of the hexagonal court on it's fouth-weft C. The moft entire temple.
fide. D. Part of the great temple.
B. Exedras of the fame on it's north-weft; fide. Mount Libanus is feen, in this view, at a diftance.
P L A T E X.
Upright of the eaft, fouth-eaft, and north-eaft fides of the fame court.
A. B. The north-eaft fide. F. Seftion of one of the arches on which the building
B. C. The eaft fide. ;s fupp0rted; with a funnel for the admittance of
C. D. The fouth-eaft fide. light and air.
E. Section of the irregular chambers, which form the G. Section of another not lighted,
northern and fouthern angles of the hexagon. See
plate III, letter K.
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EXPLANATION
Several artifts have obferved a fimilitude between fome European buildings
and fome parts of the ruins of Palmyra and Balbec -y from which they have,
perhaps too haftily, concluded that the former were copied from the latter.
The portico of the Louvre at Paris has been compared in this light with fome
parts of the ruins of Palmyra, as alio with the portico defcribed in this plate:
but we cannot difcover any foundation for inferences fo injurious to the me-
mory of the architect who built that noble ftru&ure, which is as juftly ad-
mired as it is unaccountably neglected.
PLATE VI.
Longitudinal fe&ion of the fame.
See it's tranverfe fe£tion plate XI.
PLATE VII.
Smaller door of communication, between the portico and hexagonal court.
A. The door. C and D. Tabernacles of the portico.
B. Niche over the door.
PLATE VIII.
Order of the portico.
PLATE IX.
View of the hexagonal court, in it's prefent ruinous ftate, as you ap-
proach it from the portico defcribed in the foregoing plates.
A. Exedra? of the hexagonal court on it's fouth-weft C. The moft entire temple.
fide. D. Part of the great temple.
B. Exedras of the fame on it's north-weft; fide. Mount Libanus is feen, in this view, at a diftance.
P L A T E X.
Upright of the eaft, fouth-eaft, and north-eaft fides of the fame court.
A. B. The north-eaft fide. F. Seftion of one of the arches on which the building
B. C. The eaft fide. ;s fupp0rted; with a funnel for the admittance of
C. D. The fouth-eaft fide. light and air.
E. Section of the irregular chambers, which form the G. Section of another not lighted,
northern and fouthern angles of the hexagon. See
plate III, letter K.
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