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Definition of Hypostyle
1. a. Resting upon columns; constructed by means of columns; -- especially applied to the great hall at Karnak.
Definition of Hypostyle
1. Adjective. (architecture) Having a roof supported on a row of columns ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hypostyle
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hypostyle
Literary usage of Hypostyle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of Art in Persia by Georges Perrot, Charles Chipiez (1892)
"hypostyle hall. Eastern portico. Capital and base, Persepolis ... 91 32-37.
Persepolis. ... hypostyle hall of Xerxes. Detail of ramp 133 62. Susa. ..."
2. History of Architecture in All Countries: From the Earliest Times to the by James Fergusson (1887)
"Plan of hypostyle Hall at Karnac. Scale 100 It. to 1 in. 23. Section of central
portion ol hypostyle Hall at Karnac. ..."
3. Egypt Through the Stereoscope: A Journey Through the Land of the Pharaohs by James Henry Breasted (1905)
"There is a second hypostyle hall behind the first; and in this second hall ...
Position 44, Columns of the great hypostyle Temple of Sethos I at Abydos For ..."
4. The Literature of Egypt and the Soudan from the Earliest Times to the Year by Ibrahim-Hilmy (1888)
"... view of Karnak —Perspective view of the hypostyle hall, Karnak— Thebes, ...
Construction of a temple at Thebes—Columns in the hypostyle hall, ..."
5. A History of Architecture by Fiske Kimball, George Harold Edgell (1918)
"CENTRAL AISLES, OF THE hypostyle HALL OF THE GREAT TEMPLE OF AMON. MODEL IN THE
METROPOLITAN MUSEUM ones well display the similarities, as also the minor ..."
6. Egypt: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1902)
"The roof is supported by 134 columns arranged in 16 rows, of hypostyle Hall of
Karnak. ... hypostyle ..."
7. An Historical Inquiry Into the True Principles of Beauty in Art, More by James Fergusson (1849)
"THE hypostyle HALL AT KARNAC (Plate II.).* Of all the buildings of this or of
any age of Egyptian art, the Hypo- style Hall at Karnac is beyond all doubt ..."
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