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formed part of this same necropolis; and two or three
miles further west from Viterho, at a site called Castel
Cardinale, or Macchia del Conte, is a remarkable tomb, of
similar character to those of Castel d'Asso, but with square
holes like windows in its facade.

APPENDIX TO CHAPTER XV.

Note I.—Mouldings.

Fig. 1 shows the moulding of the

a

■1*

Br

fagade of the great tomb, mentioned

||. at page 235. This arrangement is

T llilllli ^at generaUy followed at Castel

d'Asso, hut with varieties in the

proportions of the parts, and in the

boldness of the general character—

as seen in fig. 2. A few of the

m llllj monuments are moulded as in

I fig. 3; but this arrangement, in

II which a half-torus is substituted for

1 the ogee and upper lip-moulding, is

III more common at Norchia, where,

"l| however, the former system also

||1 Fig. 3. obtains. These three mouldings

III are not on an uniform scale. All the

facades on this site fall slightly back,

II ''"ll as in the annexed cuts.

IIP! "

illlft pig. 2. The specimens of mouldings from

this necropolis, published by Sir W.

Gell, and copied by Mrs. Hamilton

Gray, are extremely incorrect; though

Fig. l. Sir William flattered himself that

they were " the only specimens of real Etruscan mouldings that have

ever been seen in our country." He copied them from Inghirami,

Mon. Etrus. IV. tav. 34, who is also incorrect in tav. 35, 36, but

much better in tav. 38. 40. 42.

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