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INVESTIGATIONS AT ASSOS, 1881.
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struction. The saving effected in the weight of the facing
blocks was more than counterbalanced by the additional
labor required to cut stones, naturally splitting to parallel and
rectangular planes, in-
to the irregular shape
thus determined; and
the difficulty of assur-
ing exact joints upon
the soffit was rather
increased than les-
sened by the duplica-
tion of the surfaces of
contact.
The outer face of
the epistyle, being
sculptured with reliefs
requiring an architec-
tural frame, was bor-
dered upon the bottom
by a band which is not
found in any other
Doric building. Tae-
nia and regulae were
of comparatively
slight projection, the
latter being without
trunnels. The plain
epistyle blocks with-
out lower border.f ound
during the investiga-
tions, probably be-
longed to the inside.
That both the outer
Plate it.
91
struction. The saving effected in the weight of the facing
blocks was more than counterbalanced by the additional
labor required to cut stones, naturally splitting to parallel and
rectangular planes, in-
to the irregular shape
thus determined; and
the difficulty of assur-
ing exact joints upon
the soffit was rather
increased than les-
sened by the duplica-
tion of the surfaces of
contact.
The outer face of
the epistyle, being
sculptured with reliefs
requiring an architec-
tural frame, was bor-
dered upon the bottom
by a band which is not
found in any other
Doric building. Tae-
nia and regulae were
of comparatively
slight projection, the
latter being without
trunnels. The plain
epistyle blocks with-
out lower border.f ound
during the investiga-
tions, probably be-
longed to the inside.
That both the outer
Plate it.