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		Application of roll roofing in which all nails are driven into the underlying course of roofing and covered by a cemented, overlapping course.
		Application of asphalt roofing such that the lapped portion is at least two inches wider than the exposed portion, resulting in two layers of roofing material over the deck.
		The degree of roof incline expressed as the ratio of the rise, in feet, to the span, in feet.
	systematicroofing.com /constructionterms.htm (8126 words)

	Mogao Caves - an introduction to its founding, functions, development & history with information on cave design, ...
		A later development was the incorporation of a four-sided column in the center of the main hall, whose purpose was to create a circumambulatory path for worshippers around the cave.
		Often these mythological beings are used to decorate wide borders along the upper parts of walls, commonly at divisions between the top of the wall and the ceiling or within the ceiling design itself.
		The second evolution of this period was a shift in decorative focus away from the apsara (celestial courtesans) and deities (thousand Buddhas) towards greater accentuation of geometric and floral shapes.
	www.imperialtours.net /mogaocaves02.htm (1620 words)

	Table of Contents and Excerpt, Davies, Death and the Emperor
		This dependency is visible in the design of imperial memorials.This book analyzes the funerary monuments of the Roman emperors as a genre for the first time, beginning with the Mausoleum of Augustus and concluding with the Column of Marcus Aurelius.
		All the same, I argue that an imperial funerary monument was not just a burial marker but an accession monument as well, and it is hard to imagine that the emperor, the incumbent, or other members of the imperial family did not take an active role in the design of such a critical work.
		It was in the second century that a first step toward the conspicuous monumentality that characterizes the imperial funerary monuments occurred, when newfound prosperity from foreign campaigns led increasing numbers of elite families, as well as nonelite men with military careers, to build tombs, and the external appearance of the tomb became increasingly important.
	www.utexas.edu /utpress/excerpts/exdavdep.html (4329 words)

	Istria on the Internet - History - Towns - Pola
		The capital, the upper element of the column, represents one of the basic architectural elements, and it is a compositional element always placed at the spot where the weight of the walls, or rather of the arches, had been transferred onto the underlying construction.
		The capitals, the decorations of the entablature and of the eaves are the on1y embellishments of the building, but they are rather abundant and they confirm that the temple was erected in the Augustan period when, moreover, the entire Forum was probably built.
		During her 1ifetime she was venerated as an empress, the wife of Claudius, and later as the mother of the emperor; therefore her statues were often consecrated in public places as a part of the ubiquitous imperial cult, which was extended as the cult of the imperial family.
	www.istrianet.org /istria/towns/pula/forum1.htm (3086 words)

	Harem, Topkapi Palace Harem
		It is roofed by a central dome carried by four polygonal marble columns with 16th century style capitals.
		The walls of the sofa are decorated with painted motifs and wood-carving in the 18th century Baroque-Rococo style.
		The decoration on both the dome and on the four pendentives is very skillfully and successfully restored by Mualla Eyupoglu.
	www.istanbulportal.com /istanbulportal/Harem3.aspx (1321 words)

	Alexander Palace Time Machine - Chinese Theater
		Its broad roof turned up at the corners in the characteristic Chinese manner The only embellishment in the white plastered walls were its deep ornamental cornice, door and window surrounds.
		Designed and decorated with the vivid shapes and colours of Chinese ornament it was highlighted with liberal applications of silver and gold leaf.
		Decorated and furnished in chinoiserie they were kept cozy with open fires blazing in fireplaces whose surrounds were fashioned in porcelain.
	www.alexanderpalace.org /palace/chinesetheater.html (1328 words)

	The Middle Ages: Cathedrals
		The roof rested partly on these arches thus secured, partly on slight but strong shafts engaged in the masonry of the great arches at their springing point.
		The castle, the fortress, the city palace, the town-hall, the gates, the bridges, the guild-houses, all the civic buildings, copy their ornaments and decoration from the workshops of the cathedral, when, indeed, they were not built by the same architects and workmen.
		In England a noble circular hall, whose roof was upheld by a single pillar, was affected to the meetings of the clergy and to the synods.
	www.nd.edu /Departments/Maritain/etext/midage11.htm (8005 words)

	In Search of China's Imperial Art Collections
		The representatives of The Bureau and of the Imperial Household were responsible for collecting the antiquities dispersed throughout the buildings and supervising their packing for transportation to Beijing.
		Construction of the Fengtian imperial summer palace, which was more modest in scale and more formal in layout than the Jehol complex, had begun in 1636, prior to the Manchu defeat of the Ming dynasty, and continued into the reign of Emperor Qianlong.
		The squat proportions of this covered bronze, the stylized bands of decoration and the modeling of the two handles are typical of ritual bronzes dating from the Middle Western Zhou period (9th century B.C.).
	www.studiointernational.com /feature/China's_Imperial_Art.html (6221 words)

	Chinese Architecture
		Even their roofs are breathtaking and detailed to the last drop of gloss or paint.
		The temple's roof is also made of glazed ceramic tiles and has an overhanging cave distinguished by a graceful upward slope.
		The thirteen tombs all have roof tiles which are a brilliant yellow, green, and red.
	library.thinkquest.org /10098/china1.htm (1173 words)

	Forbidden City
		It is a magnificent sight, the buildings' glowing yellow roofs against vermilion walls, not to mention their painted ridges and carved beams, all contributing to the sumptuous effect.
		Mirroring this arrangement is the Inner Court at the northern end of the Forbidden City, with the Palace of Heavenly Purity, the Hall of Union and the Palace of Earthly Tranquillity straddling the central axis, surrounded by the Six Palaces of the East and West and the Imperial Garden to the north.
		Since the Hall of Supreme Harmony was symbol of the imperial power, it was the highest structure in the Ming and Qing dynasty in the nation, no other buildings allowed higher than it.
	www.nd.edu /~che1/fcity.html (2182 words)

	The Cathedral of Cefalu'
		Ruggero, a descendent of Vikings, wrapped in the Dalmatian mantle of the Apostolic League and in the imperial costume of Byzantium, sat on a throne surrounded by ministers who were in part Greek and in part English, with an army composed half by Moors and a navy commanded by Greeks.
		The arch which was meant to connect it with the crossing is higher than the present roof of the nave and is walled up on the outside.
		Typically Sicilian features are the columns set into angles in the eastern part of the church and the exterior decoration of the main apse and the transepts with intersecting arches.
	rogershepherd.com /WIW/solution1/cefalu'1.html (1553 words)

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		Also know as the Forbidden City, it was the imperial residence of the Ming and Qing dynasties, and is the largest the best -- preserved palace group in China and one of the most magnificent ancient palace groups in the world.
		The Imperial Palace was first built in the Ming Dynasty and was the residence of 24 emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties.
		It has luxurious decoration inside, including the throne with gold lacquer and carved dragons, which is placed precisely on the central point of Old Beijing City.
	www.travelwithme.org /imperial.html (453 words)

	Chinese Architecture
		The pointed edges on this roof mean that this pavilion has great importance to the town and its people.
		Imperial mausoleums are scattered around places which were once the capitals of different dynasties.
		Animal figures on the roof, ridges of palaces, temples, and other old buildings are an important part of traditional Chinese architecture and culture.
	www.solomon.cps.k12.il.us /gallupindex.html (823 words)

	Bike and Carrier and Roof (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Introduced as a successor to the earlier BTR-60, it most closely resembles a BTR-60PB with a longer hull and an improved means of accessing the vehicle with doors on each side of the vehicle replacing the dangerous and unpopular roof hatches of the earlier model.
		Imperial roof decoration - Chinese imperial roof decoration or roof charms or roof-figures (æªç¸ / æªå½; Pinyin: yÃ¡n shÃ²u) or (èµ°ç¸ / èµ°å½; Pinyin: zÇ’u shÃ²u) or (è¹²ç¸ / è¹²å½; Pinyin: DÅ«n shÃ²u) was only allowed on official buildings of the...
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	carriers.vvvvvv3.com /bikeandcarrierandroof.html (846 words)

	The Cultural Heritage of China :: The Arts :: Architecture :: Imperial Roof Decoration
		Chinese imperial roof decoration or roof charms or roof-figures (檐獸 / 檐兽; Pinyin: yán shòu) or (走獸 / 走兽; Pinyin: zǒu shòu) or (蹲獸 / 蹲兽; Pinyin: Dūn shòu) was only allowed on official buildings of the empire.
		Chinese roofs are typically of the hip roof type, with small gables.
		Along the unions between the roof panels, near the corner, a row of small figures is placed.
	www.ibiblio.org /chineseculture/contents/arts/p-arts-c03s05.html (383 words)

	Harem-3
		The small tepidarium leads into a caldarium roofed by a central dome carried by four polygonal marble columns with 16th century style capitals and supported on domes and vaults resting on pilasters engaged in the side walls.
		It is roofed by a fairly large dome supported on four pointed arches with four Turkish triangles, and has been enlarged by the addition of a two-storeyed section to the left of the entrance roofed by three vaults.
		The pendentives are also decorated in the same technique with many-pointed stars and geometrical interlaces, the decoration on both the dome and on the four pendentives having been very skillfully and successfully restored by Mualla Eyupoglu.
	www.sanalistanbul.com /virtualistanbul/Harem3.htm (1298 words)

	The State Hermitage Museum: Exhibitions
		The palace is a brilliant example of the synthesis of architecture and decorative plastic art.
		Forming a complex rhythm of verticals, the columns soar upwards, and this motion embraces the numerous statues and vases on the roof.
		The abundance of moulded decoration - fanciful cornices and window architraves, mascarons, cartouches, rocailles and a variety of pediments - creates an extremely rich play of light and shade that invest the building's appearance with magnificence.
	www.hermitagemuseum.org /html_En/05/hm5_7_1.html (624 words)

	Chinese architecture - Chinese Art - Chinese Art
		The roof of Chinese buildings are usually curved; there are strict classfications on different types of gables, in the same vein as the classical orders of column designs of Europe.
		The privileging of certain colours, numbers and cardinal directions in traditional Chinese Architecture reflected the belief in a type of immanence, where the nature of a thing could not be attributed to a transcendent God or pinciple but was irreducible from the thing itself.
		As for the commoners, be they mandarins, merchants or farmers, their houses tended to follow a set pattern: the centre of the building would be a shrine for the deities and the ancestors, which would also be used during festivities.
	www.famouschinese.com /virtual/Chinese_architecture (1317 words)

	Imperial roof decoration - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Chinese imperial roof decoration or roof charms or roof-figures (檐獸 / 檐兽; Pinyin: yán shòu) or (走獸 / 走兽; Pinyin: zǒu shòu) or (蹲獸 / 蹲兽; Pinyin: Dūn shòu) was only allowed on official buildings of the empire.
		At the tail of the procession will be an imperial dragon, representing the authority of the state.
		At the head of the procession will be a man riding a Phoenix, one legend suggests that this represents a minon of the emperor who grew greedy for power and was hanged from the roof gable for treason.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Imperial_roof_decoration (469 words)

	The Imperial Cult Building
		This brickwork, however, interrupts the 6x6 pattern of coigning at the western end of the wall and therefore appears to be a later reworking of the wall that supersedes the 6x6 coigning and its associated opus incertum.
		The dome overhead and the broad doorways of the octagon dematerialize the traditional walls and roof of the trabeated enclosure and substitute curve and vista by means of the dome and the amply pierced octagonal container.
		As the imperial treasury in Rome was the only other source of capital, it is likely that the advanced design of the building, as well as the funds to construct it, derived from Rome.
	pompeii.virginia.edu /icbmap.html (5906 words)

	Jenolan Caves Reserve Trust (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		A highlight of a visit to the Imperial cave is a decent of 66 steps via a spiral staircase to view an extensive section of the northern underground river.
		There are three richly decorated chambers in the Orient Cave and their visual impact will leave you breathless with the rich display of colour and the massive size and extent of it's decorations.
		The Temple of Baal Cave is one of the most highly decorated caves at Jenolan and was discovered in 1904 by James Wiburd and Jack Edwards and is named after the Biblical reference to Baal.
	www.jenolancaves.org.au /information.asp?tb=j_caves (1239 words)

	Ulric of England
		The fl leather sheel is free from any bad age crazing and retains its original and unaltered reserve plate and chinscales along with the gilted brass cone bearing the plume.
		The book chronicles the Imperial German Luftwaffe from 1914 - 1918 and is complete with a multitude of photographs in fl/white & colour along with special fold out details of every aircraft manufactured.
		Each text page is in two colour, with fl text and red decoration top and bottom and each lithograph is protected by its own blank sheet of protective paper.
	www.ulric-of-england.com /prethird.html (1148 words)

	Roman Architecture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Imperial policy frequently determined by demands of proletarial and by popular religious movements (such as Mithraism and Christianity).
		Orders used to articulate the wall, to clarify and dramatize the organization of interior and exterior by a framework of vertical and horizontal divsions: engaged columns, pilasters, arch order, superposed orders both free-standing and applied (engaged), painted architectural membering.
		Use of truss roof in trabeated construction, and extensive use of vaulted construction for large uninterrupted spaces.
	www.pitt.edu /~tokerism/0040/syl/src0918.html (579 words)

	China: Forbidden City Walkthrough
		Imperial Gardens: Access the map, move the rectangle to the top middle of the frame on the green area of the Imperial Gardens.
		All the incoming and outgoing entries are kept in the ledgers in Imperial House.
		Imperial Seal Puzzle - The 3 seals given by the eunuch are above the document of stamps of the Imperial Seals taken from Ma.
	www.gameboomers.com /wtcheats/pcCc/China_WT.htm (4502 words)

	Temples and Palaces in Beijing, Shanghai, the Yangtze River, Guilin, Hong Kong. Terracotta Warriors in Xi'an (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		This is an example of one of the elaborately decorated bronze vessels, in stark contrast to very simple vessels also shown.
		All the roofs in the Forbidden City and in many other palaces are decorated with different figures.
		Most roofs in the Forbidden City are decorated with a row of figures (gargoyles) on the corners.
	www.aerobaticsweb.org /GEI/china.html (4518 words)

	Roof Texture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		It is a youth spent dancing on the roofs of bomb shelters on a kibbutz in Israel--and the knowledge of a heritage marked by arranged marriages roof texture and archaic rules roof texture and roles.
		It is coming of age in Jewish summer camps roof texture and at KISS concerts--and the inevitable combination of old roof texture and new: ancient customs roof texture and modern attitudes, Jewish, Indian, roof texture and American.
		Carmit Delman's journey throughreligious traditions, family tensions, roof texture and social tribulations to a healthy sense of wholeness roof texture and self is rendered with grace roof texture and an acute sense of depth.
	ca62.iasoft.org /rooftexture.html (1313 words)

	Agostino Veneziano (Agostino dei Musi): Ornamental Panel (49.95.41) \| Object Page \| Timeline of Art History \| The ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		This vast and luxurious Imperial palace on the Oppian hill, overlooking the present site of the Colosseum, had been buried when the emperor Trajan used it as the foundation for his Baths.
		Whether Veneziano was inspired by Giovanni da Udine's decorations in the Vatican logge or by his own explorations of the "grottoes," this print includes several motifs derived from the decoration of Nero's palace, including the square-, round-, and crescent-shaped frames enclosing scenes that appear to be sculpted in relief.
		The bound warriors at the base of a trophy of arms recall a similarly placed pair of satyrs in the room known as the grotta gialla (yellow grotto)—although there were other models for captives in Roman triumphal sculpture, the bound satyrs were well known to artists and often imitated.
	www.metmuseum.org /toah/hd/prnt/hod_49.95.41.htm (426 words)

	The Holy Sepulchre - Life of Emperor Constantine
		And with respect to the erection and decoration of the walls, this is to inform you that our friend Dracilianus, the deputy of the Praetorian Praefects, and the governor of the province, have received a charge from us.
		With regard to the roof, it was covered on the outside with lead, as a protection against the rains of winter.
		But the inner part of the roof, which was finished with sculptured panel work, extended in a series of connected compartments, like a vast sea, over the whole church; and, being overlaid throughout with the purest gold, caused the entire building to glitter as it were with rays of light.
	www.christusrex.org /www1/jhs/TSspconst.html (1878 words)

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