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APPENDIX TO CHAPTER XXVI.

Note I.—Mouldings of Tombs at Sovana.

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Fig. 1

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Fig. 2. Fig. 3.

Fig. 4.

Fig. 5.

Fig. 6.

It must be understood that these mouldings are those of the facades of
tombs, seen in profile, varying from 12 to 20 or 25 feet in height. The
upper part reeessed in figs. 5 and 6, is the pedestal of the cippus or
statue which surmounted the tomb ; it is shown in the woodcut at page
493. The lower member of the cornices in figs. 1, 3, 5, 6, is dentilled.
These mouldings are unlike those on any other Etruscan site ; and
probably have their counterparts in no other land ; though certain of
them have a strong Egyptian character. The most singular is that of
fig. 4 ; and next, perhaps, fig. 2. But further comment from an
unprofessional man is uncalled for. I give these mouldings rather in
the hope of exciting curiosity in the unstudied subject of Etruscan
architecture, than with any expectation of satisfying it.