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Spencer, A. Jeffrey,

Brick architecture in Ancient Egypt. / txt A.J. Spencer. - Paperback Edition. - viii, 159 p., 26 unnumbered pages of plates : ill. ; plans ; 30 cm. book - Oxbow classics in egyptology v.16 .

Abbreviations --
Preface --
Introduction --
Part I:
Chapter One: Brick manufacture --
Chapter Two: The earliest use of brick in Egypt --
Chapter Three: The bonding corpus --
Part II:
Chapter Four: Funerary architecture --
Chapter Five: Religious architecture --
Chapter Six: Administrative and official buildings --
Chapter Seven: Domestic architecture --
Chapter Eight: Fortresses and defensive town walls --
Part III:
Chapter Nine: Brick walls --
Chapter Ten: Floors and foundations --
Chapter Eleven: Arches, vaults, domes and corbels --
Chapter Twelve: Solid brick construction in mastabas and pyramids --
Chapter Thirteen: Supplementary materials in brick construction --
Chapter Fourteen: Bonding --
Chapter Fifteen: Special bricks --
Chapter Sixteen: Brick sizes --
Appendix I: Metrology of Egyptian brickwork --
Indexes --
Plates --

Facsimile re-issue (first published in 1979) of a comprehensive detailed account of the surviving brick architecture of ancient Egypt, with special reference to technical and structural matters.

ISBN: 9798888570302

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Building, Brick--Egypt.
Architecture
Building Brick.--Egypt

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Egypt

LC Class. No.: NA215 / S65 2023