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Azacus, the, origin of, 23. 
Abbey, the, of St. Denis, 168 ; of Melrose, 174. 
Acropolis, the, of ancient cities in general, 32, 33 ; 
of Tiryns and Mycene, 33; of Athens, and 
edifices connected with it, 42-44. 
/#gina, ruins on the island of, 45. 
Esculapius, temple of, at Pompéii, 80. 
Agnes, St., the church of, erected by Constantia, 
97. 
Agrigentum, temples of Juno and Concordia at, 
51; temple of the giants at, ib. 
Agrippa, additions of, to the Pantheon, 71; the 
Diribitorium, baths, and other buildings erected 
by, 72; temple dedicated to the sons of, erected 
by Augustus at Nismes, 73. 
Aisles, side, various forms of, 147, 148, 
Aix, the prison at, 217. 
Alberti, Leo Battista, 183. 
Albertus Magnus, 164. 
Aleagar of Seville, 145. 
Alessi, Galeazzo, 189, 203. 
Alexandria, the catacombs of, 16. 
Algardi, Alessandro, 189. 
Alhambra, the palace, description of, 144. 
Altars, natural, 111; of the early basilicas, 127 ; 
of the Byzantine churches, 133. 
Ambrogio Fossano, an Italian architect, 177. 
America, ancient monuments the only representa- 
tives of American architecture proper, 118; 
state of architecture in Mexico at the time of 
the discovery of, 119 ; architectural remains in 
Mexico, 119-121—in Guatemala, 121, 122—in 
Yucatan, 122, 123. 
Amphitheatres, 31,32; of Rome, 65; of Flavian, 
78; at Verona and Nismes, ib.; of Pompeii, 
80. 
Amsterdam, the royal residence in, 207; the old 
Exchange at, 211. 
Ancona, harbor of, built by Trajan, 86; the 
church of St. Cyriacus at, 171. 
Angelo, St., the castle of, formerly the mausoleum 
of Hadrian, 86. 
Anglesea, double dolmen at, 110. 
Anteopolis, large temple ruins at, 16. 
Antinoe, or Antinopolis, the ruins of, 16. 
Antonine, the column of, 214. 
Antoninus Pius, restorations by, 88; temple of 
Antoninus and Faustina, ib. 
Antwerp, the cathedral of, 166, 167. 
Apollinopolis, the temple of, 7. 
Apollo, temple of, at Basse, 46; at Delos, 47; 
near Miletus, 48, on the Palatine at Rome, 
69. 
Apsis, the, or sanctuary, various forms of, 147. 
Aquino, the bridge over the Melfa near, 218. 
Arabian style, the, details and examples of, 142- 
146. 
Arausio, triumphal arch at, 83. 
Arch, the, first rude attempt at, 33 ; knowledge of, 
introduced into Italy by the Etruscans, 58 ; the 
Tuscan, 99 ; the Doric, 100; the Ionic and Co- 
rinthian, 102 ; peculiar forms of, in the modern 
Persian and Indian styles, 146 ; great variety of 
forms of, in the Middle Ages, 152; the Ro- 
manesque, the Moorish arch, &c., ib.; the 
pointed, seven different forms of, 152, 153; the 
ass’s back or Tudor, 146, 153 ; the basket, 153. 
Arches, triumphal, at Rome, 66, 67, 83; at San- 
tonum, 83 ; of Tibus, Gabius, Marius, and Au- 
gustus, ib.; arch of Titus at Beneventum, 85; 
triumphal arch of Marcus Aurelius, 89—of 
ee ones 90, 91—the arch of Constantine, 95, 
Architecture, ancient Hindoo, the characteristics 
of, illustrated by the description of various 
buildings, 1-4; Egyptian, 5-19; Assyrian, Me- 
dian, Babylonian, and Persian, 19-22 ; Grecian, 
general considerations respecting, 22-39 and 52, 
53; special description of Grecian structures, 
32-53 ; Pheenician or Syrian, 53-58; Roman 
architecture—the period of the kings, 58, 59— 
of the republic, 59-68—of the emperors, 68-97 ; 
the Tuscan style, 60; remarks upon the gene- 
ral style of, at Pompeii, 81; review of the ar- 
chitectural achievements at Rome from Augus- 
tus to Antoninus, 89,90; the age of Constantine 
the limit of the architecture of genuine antiquity, 
95; leading features of the principal orders of, 
97-104; Chinese, 115-118; American, 118— 
123 ; of the Middle Ages, 124; difference be- 
tween the Latin or Romanesque and the Greek 
or Byzantine styles, ib.; examples and details 
of the Romanesque style, 124-131—of the By- 
zantine style, 131-141—of the Gothic, Visigo- 
thic, and Lombardie styles, 141, 142—of the 
Arabian or Moorish style, 142-146—of the 
modern Persian and Indian styles, 146 ; history 
of, from the 11th to the 16th century, or the 
period of the pointed-arch or Gothic style, with 
a detailed account of several buildings erected 
in that period, 147-174 ; the period of the Re- 
naissance, and description of some of the build- 
ings of, 174-180 ; general remarks upon modern 
architecture, and descriptions of numerous build- 
ings of every class, illustrative of the present 
state of the art, 180-220. 
Architrave, the, origin of, 23; the Doric and 
Tonic, 29. 
Archivolts, various forms and decorations of, 153, 
154. 
Argolis, ruins of temples and other buildings in, 
45, 46. 
Argyle, duke of, his seat in Dumbarton county, 
0 
Arnolfo da Lapo, a German architect, 182. 
Artemisia, the mausoleum erected by, at Halicar- 
nassus, 48. 
Arter, Henry and Peter, 169. 
Ashlers, 28. 
Asia Minor, account of Grecian monuments in, 
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