“E. Portions of coating from the northern wing of the Propylaea.
“The colour a carbonate of copper. Wax is present.
“F. Ditto, ditto (north wing of the Propylaea) as E.
“I also return you the drawings and letter.
“Every truly yours,
(Signed) “M. Faraday.
“T. L. Donaldson, Esq., &c.”
ON
THE ORIGIN OF POLYCHROMY IN ARCHITECTURE.[[7]]
By PROFESSOR SEMPER.
From the time of antiquity to our own day men have sought to discover or invent the probable origin of the various systems of architecture. Besides the well known hut of Vitruvius, and the no less celebrated grotto of the Ichthyophagi or fish-eating races, (the supposed type of the Egyptian temples), the tent of the Nomad, or wandering races, occupies a very important place in our theories of the origin of styles. In the catenary formed by the fall of the drapery of a Mongol tent, has been recognised the type of Chinese and Tartar architecture.