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.
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