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THE MAYA: ARCHITECTURE
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walls approached near enough for the space to be bridged by single slabs. Meanwhile the outer faces of the walls were carried up vertically or at a slope, and the exterior
a. | Lower wall with doorway. | |
b. | Doorway. | |
c. | Wooden lintels. | |
d. | Communication doorway. | |
e. | Inner face of arch. | |
f. | Capstones of arch. | |
g. | Lower string-course. | |
h. | Decorated entablature. | |
i. | Upper string-course. | |
j. | Flying facade with ornament (sometimes added). | |
k. | Cornice of last. | |
l. | Roof-crest with ornament (sometimes substituted for j). | |
(After Holmes) |