Fig. 148.—A propylon.
If we examine the doorways of the temples themselves we shall there also find great variety in the manner in which they are combined architecturally with the walls in which they occur.
Fig. 149.—Gateway in the inclosing wall of a Temple. Restored by Ch. Chipiez.
In the Temple of Khons the jambs of the door are one, architecturally, with the wall. The courses are continuous. The lintel alone, being monolithic, has a certain independence (Fig. [150]). In the Temple of Gournah, on the other hand, the doorway forms a separate and self-contained composition. The jambs are monoliths as well as the lintel, and the latter, notwithstanding the great additional weight which it has to carry, does not exceed the former in section. At Abydos, on the other hand, the capital part which this stone has to play is indicated by the great size of the sandstone block of which it is composed (Fig. [154]).
Fig. 150.—Doorway of the Temple of Khons. Description, iii. 54.
Fig. 151.—Doorway of the Temple of Gournah. Description, ii. 42.