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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...exhibit at the Fogg Museum this week are casts of a part of a series of stone capitals, which, set upon marble shafts, supported the apae and ambulatory of the Abbey Church of Cluny in Burgundy. They were preserved at the time of destruction of the Abbey Church, and are now in the Municipal Museum at Cluny...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Collections and Critiques | 11/1/1929 | See Source »

...works of the first period of building is to be seen on the cast of a capital of the Four Rivers where the surfaces of the leaves and fruits of one of the trees are carved in a way which would be impossible after the impost block was set in place. Many archeologists have believed that the beautiful carving of these capitals indicated a date well advanced in the twelfth century and that the capitals must, therefore, have been sculptured long after they were set in place. The bit of carving to which attention has just been called and similar...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Collections and Critiques | 11/1/1929 | See Source »

...Business School Historical Society has recently acquired a set of old books and records which belonged to Russell and Company, importers and exporters, of Boston and Canton. This collection, which is composed of about a dozen old books and a package of old letters, has considerable value, both from a business viewpoint, and an historical...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: In the Graduate Schools | 10/31/1929 | See Source »

...cover it in the manner which he may see fit. In addition, it will not be necessary to spend half of the reading period preparing a written report to assure the instructor that the work has been done. If this plan is carried out as it has been set forth, a few more of the bonds of preparatory school methods will take another step towards a well deserved past...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE HARE AND THE TORTOISE | 10/30/1929 | See Source »

Manhattan has a zoning law which stipulates that the sides of skyscrapers be set back at intervals, thus tapering the building towards the top to allow maximum light and air to the streets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Wright's Pyramids | 10/28/1929 | See Source »

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