. A history of art in ancient Egypt . xterior surfaces, supports take various forms of develop-ment which may all be referred to the type which we have defined,namely, the portico. In the interiors the form of support is alogical consequence of the material employed. Whenever the ro8 A History of Art in Ancient Egypt. stones which form the roof are too small to bridge over the wholeof the space comprised within two walls, they must be made to restupon intermediate supports ; and this necessity springs up in every building of any importance.This very elementary com-bination fulfils all the re-q
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. A history of art in ancient Egypt . xterior surfaces, supports take various forms of develop-ment which may all be referred to the type which we have defined, namely, the portico. In the interiors the form of support is alogical consequence of the material employed. Whenever the ro8 A History of Art in Ancient Egypt. stones which form the roof are too small to bridge over the wholeof the space comprised within two walls, they must be made to restupon intermediate supports ; and this necessity springs up in every building of any importance.This very elementary com-bination fulfils all the re-quirements of circulation.The number of supportsdepends upon the number ofrows of the flat stones whichform the roof. They aresometimes multiplied to suchan extent that they remindus of that planting arrange-ment in our gardens whichwe call a quincunx.We cannot, however, affirm that the number of supports isinvariably decided by the length of the architraves, or of the roof-ing stones. Some very long monoliths are supported at regular. Fk;. 70.—Dcuble-faccd wall.