Word: ancients
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Folk-lore tales illustrated from ancient sculptures.- The Wheel as symbol of the Doctrine...
...Ancient specimens of Buddhist teaching.- The conversion of Kassapa.- The Dhaniya Sutta.- The parabolic teaching.- The Jatakas.- The goose that laid the golden egg.- The tar baby...
Recently a large collection of ancient coins, which has for some time been in the possession of Mr. J. H. Storer, curator of coins in the college library, has been arranged in a new revolving cabinet and placed in the historical reading room at the library. The collection has been brought together from many sources and includes many valuable specimens of ancient coins...
...educated American naturally asks himself of what character his house shall consist. He may strictly follow the plan of ancient houses, but such an interpretation is too strict to be generally adopted. There are new ideas which must of necessity influence an architect of today. The monkish cloisters cannot be conformed to modern needs. While the ancient Roman villa would answer the requirements of Lenox or Newport, other forms of architecture would be illsuited to our time...
...most obvious course for modern designers is to turn to the remains of old houses in our own country. They possessed dignity, simplicity, modesty and grace. By going back and studying the ancient types of architecture, and then adapting them to modern ideas, an architect can evolve a plan for a modern house that will possess at once the grandeur of the Italian villa and the homely simplicity of the old English manor house...