Ancient Egyptian construction and architecture /
Clarke, Somers, 1841-1926.
Ancient Egyptian construction and architecture / by Somers Clarke and R. Engelbach. - New York : Dover Publications, 1990. - xviii, 242 p., [66] p. of plates : ill., map ; 24 cm. - Dover books on architecture .
"An unabridged republication of the work originally published in 1930 by Oxford University Press : Humphrey Milford, London, under the title Ancient Egyptian masonry : the building craft"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [230]-232) and index.
I. The earliest Egyptian masonry -- III. Quarrying : soft rocks -- III Quarrying : hard rocks -- IV. transport barges -- V. preparations before building -- VI. Foundations -- VII. Mortar -- VIII. Handing the blocks -- IX. dressing and laying the blocks -- X. pyramid construction -- XI. pavements and column bases -- XII. columns -- XIII. Architraves, roofs, and provision against rain -- xiv. door and doorways -- XV. windows and ventilation openings -- XVI. stairs -- XVII. arches and reliving arches -- XVIII. facing, sculpturing, and painting the masonry -- xix. brickwork -- XX. Egyptian Mathematics
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Profusely illustrated description and analysis of actual building practices: quarrying methods, dressing and laying blocks of stone, brickwork, masonry, pyramid construction, Egyptian mathematics, tools, much else. Nearly 270 photographs and illustrations of sites and excavations, quarries, building plans, architect’s diagrams and elevations, and a myriad of construction details. Appendices
9780486264851 0486264858
90042547
Building, Stone--History.--Egypt
Architecture, Ancient--History.--Egypt
TH1201 / .C55 1990
693.10932 / C.S.A
Ancient Egyptian construction and architecture / by Somers Clarke and R. Engelbach. - New York : Dover Publications, 1990. - xviii, 242 p., [66] p. of plates : ill., map ; 24 cm. - Dover books on architecture .
"An unabridged republication of the work originally published in 1930 by Oxford University Press : Humphrey Milford, London, under the title Ancient Egyptian masonry : the building craft"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [230]-232) and index.
I. The earliest Egyptian masonry -- III. Quarrying : soft rocks -- III Quarrying : hard rocks -- IV. transport barges -- V. preparations before building -- VI. Foundations -- VII. Mortar -- VIII. Handing the blocks -- IX. dressing and laying the blocks -- X. pyramid construction -- XI. pavements and column bases -- XII. columns -- XIII. Architraves, roofs, and provision against rain -- xiv. door and doorways -- XV. windows and ventilation openings -- XVI. stairs -- XVII. arches and reliving arches -- XVIII. facing, sculpturing, and painting the masonry -- xix. brickwork -- XX. Egyptian Mathematics
Counter
Profusely illustrated description and analysis of actual building practices: quarrying methods, dressing and laying blocks of stone, brickwork, masonry, pyramid construction, Egyptian mathematics, tools, much else. Nearly 270 photographs and illustrations of sites and excavations, quarries, building plans, architect’s diagrams and elevations, and a myriad of construction details. Appendices
9780486264851 0486264858
90042547
Building, Stone--History.--Egypt
Architecture, Ancient--History.--Egypt
TH1201 / .C55 1990
693.10932 / C.S.A