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... court sur- rounded on three sides by columns , with an altar in the centre and the servants ' quarters leading from it . From that we should enter a hall where the family took its meals and offered sacrifices . Beyond that again would ...
... court sur- rounded on three sides by columns , with an altar in the centre and the servants ' quarters leading from it . From that we should enter a hall where the family took its meals and offered sacrifices . Beyond that again would ...
Page 90
... court , occupied by plane trees and fountains , with a garden room , the walls of which are decorated in the Alexandrian fashion . Beyond lie the bathrooms and a kind of tennis court large enough for different games to be played by ...
... court , occupied by plane trees and fountains , with a garden room , the walls of which are decorated in the Alexandrian fashion . Beyond lie the bathrooms and a kind of tennis court large enough for different games to be played by ...
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... Court came into being , on an attractive site within easy reach of London overlooking the Thames . But just as Fouquet , a century later , by his display at Vicomte - le - Vaux excited Louis XIV's vanity and cupidity , so that his ...
... Court came into being , on an attractive site within easy reach of London overlooking the Thames . But just as Fouquet , a century later , by his display at Vicomte - le - Vaux excited Louis XIV's vanity and cupidity , so that his ...
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