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https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.18826#0317
HO LECT. II.]
9, 10, 11, 12, for the inner division of thirds,
• which completes the figure.
The capital of this order being very peculiar
in its construction, has given rise to more than
one manner of composing it. The ancients usually
adopted that which appears in Fig. C. which,
on one front had an ornament originating near the
top of the capital, and continued fpirally to a
center. On the other front (or more properly the
side-front) this ornament was omitted, and the cor-
respondent parts were embellished with leaves,
fillets, &c. as in our figure.
B. Represents a more modern capital, whose
volute is the same on both its sides; and which
beino- set ande-wise, has the same effect all round
the capital. This volute originates from an orna-
ment composed of eggs and darts, called the ,
Echinus: between the originations of the volute is
a flower.
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9, 10, 11, 12, for the inner division of thirds,
• which completes the figure.
The capital of this order being very peculiar
in its construction, has given rise to more than
one manner of composing it. The ancients usually
adopted that which appears in Fig. C. which,
on one front had an ornament originating near the
top of the capital, and continued fpirally to a
center. On the other front (or more properly the
side-front) this ornament was omitted, and the cor-
respondent parts were embellished with leaves,
fillets, &c. as in our figure.
B. Represents a more modern capital, whose
volute is the same on both its sides; and which
beino- set ande-wise, has the same effect all round
the capital. This volute originates from an orna-
ment composed of eggs and darts, called the ,
Echinus: between the originations of the volute is
a flower.
PLATE