614 PAL^ONTOLOGV. INDEX. PERSIA. raanesque, 440. German, ii, 4.5. Sara- cenic (Alcazar and Alhambra,) .581- 535. Sassanian, 378. Persian-Sara- cenic, 558. Mexican, 572, 570. Palaeontology, its importance to the geologist, i, .53, 54. Palenque, probable Christian bas-relief at, ii, .573 note. Pyramid-temple, or Teocalli, .574, .579. Palermo, church of San Giovanni in, ii, 399, 400. Its mosque-like form, 399. Churches in mixed styles, 400. Cathe- dral : lateral entrance, 403. East end, 404. Use of the pointed arch, 405. Palestine, Italian Gothic, how intro- duced into, ii, 407. Examples, 408- 411. Palladio, i, .300-309. Class of facade popularized by him, ii, 348. One of his most successful designs, 3.58. Palmyra, Temple of the Sun at, i, 219, 314. See ii, 505. Pansa's House, Pompeii, i, 369. See Pompeii. Pantaleone, S., Cologne, ii, 49. Pantheon, Paris, proportion of solids to area in the, i, 581. Pantheon, Rome, compared with the Parthenon, i, 17. Its rotunda, 29(5. Portico, 301, 431. Description, plan, elevation, section, etc., 309-311. Re- petitions of its form in miniature, 345, 429. Period of its erection, ii, 43(). Plan of lighting it, 453. Pantokrator Church, Constantinople, ii, 456. Pappacoda, Naples, church at, ii, 383. Its doorway, 383. Parenzo, Romanesque basilica at, i, 425. Paris : influence of the materials of its construction on the effect produced by the Madeleine, i, 20. Xotre Dame: proportion of solids to area. 24, 587. Compared with the Arc de TEtoile, 30. Date of erection ; plan, 534. Area, original and altered elevation, etc.. 535. Constructive defects, 535. Facade, 538. Its character as a whole, 539. Windows, 565. St. Germain des Pres, and St. Genevieve, 523. St. Martin, 565. Pantheon, 581. Hotel de Cluny, 587. Sainte Chapelle, i, 524, .533, 557, ii, 122, 158, 178 note, 179, 406. St. Eustache, ii, 274 note. Parish churches, England, examples of, 181-184. Parliament Houses, London, central octagon, ii, 177 note. Pariua Cathedral, ii, 310. Principles of design illustrated bv the Baptistery, 350." Parthenon, principle illustrated by the, i, 14. Compared with other edifices, 17. Dimensions, 24, 248. Its fitness for ornamental adjuncts, 38. Its char- acter as a work of art, 243. Eleva- tion of a colunui, 250. The facade. 252. Plan, 260. Form, 261. Section, 263. Mode of lighting it, 263. Parthians, ii, 378. Passagarda3, tomb of Cyrus at, i, 151, 156. 157. State of remains there, 201. Fire temple, 202. Paul's, S., cathedral, London, i, 24, 581, ii, 449. Paul's, S., basilican church, Rome, its date, i, 409. Aisles, 410. Description, interior view, etc., 414, 415. Paul, S., aux Trois Chateaux, Provence, i. 457, 458, ii, 44. Paulinzelle, ruined abbey of, ii, 30. Pavia, church of St. Michele at, i, 590, ii, 11, 34. Considered as an example of its style, 303. Section, 304. Apse, 305. S. Pietro and S. Teodoro, 305. Paxton. Sir .Toseph, i, 49. Payerne, basilican church at, ii, 11. Peace, temple of, at Rome. See Maxen- tius, Peacock, Dr. Dean of Ely, memo- rial to, ii, 166 note. Pelasgi, parent race of the, i, 75, 232. Testimony of their works, 234 note. Most remarkable of their remains, 234. Domes, 235. Doorways, arches. Avail masonry, etc., 236-238. Culminating period of their civilization, 240. See i, 81 note. Pellegrini's designs for Milan Cathedral, ii, 342. Pellino, S., apse of, ii, 377. View, 377. Pendentives, diagrams of, i, 450, ii, 437. Penrose, Mr., work on Athenian archi- tecture by, i, 250, 251 note. Drawing by him, 553. Pepin, imionof French dominions under, i, 522. Pergamus, wooden-roofed basilica at, ii, 427, 428. Perigeux, church of St. Front at, i, 466, 467. Class of which it is the only speci- men. 468. Its ante-church, 509. See ii. 368, 392. Peristyle in Greek temples, object of the, i, 262. Perpendicular, late pointed, or Lancas- trian style, epoch of the, ii, 123. Motto of the period, 123. See 161. Perring, Mr., twofold measurement of the Great Pyramids by, i, 95 note. Persepolis, i, 146, 147. Author's work on the subject, 160 note. Parts of building still preserved, 189. Promi- nence of staircases, 190. Palaces of Xerxes and Darius, 190-200. <S'ee i, 284. ii, 378, 384, .552. Persia, Assyrian buiMings reproduced in, i, 151, 188, 189. Palaces. 190-200. Fire temples, 202. Tombs, 202, 351. Boundaries of the architectural prov- ince, ii, 377 note. Paucity of materials for its architectural history, 548. Ex- amples: Bagdad and Erzeroum, 549- .551. Tabreez. 551-.553. Sultanieh. .5.5:3- 555. Ispahan and Teheran, 556-560.
