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ICHNOGRAPHY (Gr. 'lxvos, a trace, and...

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Originally appearing in Volume V14, Page 243 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ICHNOGRAPHY (Gr. 'lxvos, a trace, and rypacn, description) , in See also:architecture, a See also:term defined by See also:Vitruvius (1.2) as "the ground-See also:plan of the See also:work," i.e. the geometrical See also:projection or See also:horizontal See also:section representing the plan of any See also:building, taken at such a level as to show the See also:outer walls, with the doorways, windows, fireplaces, &c., and the correct thickness of the walls; the position of piers, columns or pilasters, courtyards and other features which constitute the See also:design .

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