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001 2007281750
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050 00 $aNA215$b.R67 2007
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100 1 $aRossi, Corinna.
245 10 $aArchitecture and mathematics in ancient Egypt /$cCorinna Rossi.
250 $a1st pbk. ed.
260 $aCambridge, UK ;$aNew York :$bCambridge University Press,$c2007, c2003.
300 $axxii, 280 p. :$bill. ;$c25 cm.
500 $a"First published 2003/Reprinted with corrections 2006"--T.p. verso.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 255-270) and index.
505 0 $aPt. I. Proportions in ancient Egyptian architecture. Introd. to Pt. I. Harmony and proportions in architecture -- 1. In search of "the rule" for ancient Egyptian architecture -- 2. Mathematics and architecture in ancient Egypt -- Pt. II. Ancient Egyptian sources : construction and representation of space. Introd. to Pt. II. tradition and variations in ancient Egyptian art and architecture -- 3. Documents on the planning and building process -- 4. Foundation rituals -- Pt. III. The geometry of pyramids. Introd. to Pt. III. combining the knowledge -- 5. Symbolic shape and constructional problems -- 6. The proportions of pyramids -- 7. Pyramids and triangles -- An overview -- Appendix. List of Old and Middle Kingdom true pyramids.
650 0 $aArchitecture, Ancient$zEgypt.
650 0 $aArchitecture$zEgypt$xMathematics.
650 0 $aPyramids$zEgypt.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0805/2007281750-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0805/2007281750-d.html
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0805/2007281750-t.html