ve Elements of the Population 13-21
Sec. 4. The Wedges 21-33
Sec. 5. The History of Chaldaea and Assyria 33-55
Sec. 6. The Chaldaean Religion 55-89
Sec. 7. The People and Government 89-113
CHAPTER II.
THE PRINCIPLES AND GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF CHALDAEO-ASSYRIAN
ARCHITECTURE.
Sec. 1. Materials 114-126
Sec. 2. The General Principles of Form 126-146
Sec. 3. Construction 146-200
Sec. 4. The Column 200-221
Sec. 5. The Arch 221-236
Sec. 6. Secondary Forms 236-260
Sec. 7. Decoration 260-311
Sec. 8. On the Orientation of Buildings and Foundation
Ceremonies 311-322
Sec. 9. Mechanical Resources 322-326
Sec. 10. On the Graphic Processes Employed in the Representations
of Buildings 327-334
CHAPTER III.
FUNERARY ARCHITECTURE.
Sec. 1. Chaldaean and Assyrian Notions as to a Future Life 335-355
Sec. 2. The Chaldaean Tomb 355-363
CHAPTER IV.
RELIGIOUS ARCHITECTURE.
Sec. 1. Attempts to Restore the Principal Types 364-382
Sec. 2. Ruins of Staged Towers 382-391
Sec. 3. Subordinate Types of the Temple 391-398
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
PLATES.
I. Babil _To face page_ 154
II. Rectangular Chaldaean temple 370
III. Square double-ramped Chaldaean temple 378
IV. Square Assyrian temple 380
FIG. PAGE
1. Brick from Erech 24
2. Fragment of an inscription engraved upon the back of a statue
from Tello
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