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Bk. III. Ch. II. MAUSOLEUM OF HALICARNASSUS.
283
The climeiisioiis quotecl by Pliny 1 are evidently extracted from a
larger vork, saicl to have been written by the architect who erected it,
ancl which existed at his tirne. Every one of them has been confirmecl
in the most satisfactory manner by recent cliscoveries, and enable us to
put the whole together vfithout much hesitation.
Sufficient remains of the quadriga, -which crowned the monument,
have been brought home to give its climensions absolutely. All the
parts of the Ionic order are complete. The steps of the pyramid have
been found ancl portions of the three friezes, and these, with Pliny’s
climensions ancl clescription, are all that are required to assure us that
its aspect must have been very similar to the form representecl in
Woodcut No. 162. There can be little doubt with regarcl to the upper
^-y ppER
STO R EY
BASEMENT P L A N—E N T R A N C E
P L A N
163. Plan of the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, from a Drawing by the Author. Scale 50 ft. to 1 in.
storey, but in order to work out to the climensions given by Pliny
(411 ft. in circumference) and those founcl cut out in the rock
(462 ft.), the lower storey must be spread out beyond the upper to
that extent, and most probably something after the manner shown in
the woodcut.
The building consisted internally of two chambers superimposecl
the one on the other, each 52 ft. 6 in. by 42 ft.—the lower one being
the vestibule to the tomb beyoncl—the upper was surrouncled by a
peristyle of 36 columns. Externally the height was divided into three
suggested by M. Pullan in the work Mr. Fergusson’s. The three columns as
published by him and Sir Gharles shown at the angle of Mr. Fergusson’s
Newton (‘Discoveries at Halicarnassus, peristyle wouldbe quiterepugnant to any
1862’). In tlie arrangement and design student of Greek architecture.—Ed.]
of the podium it accords better witli 1 Ilist. Nat. xxxvi. 5.
other examples of Greek tombs than
283
The climeiisioiis quotecl by Pliny 1 are evidently extracted from a
larger vork, saicl to have been written by the architect who erected it,
ancl which existed at his tirne. Every one of them has been confirmecl
in the most satisfactory manner by recent cliscoveries, and enable us to
put the whole together vfithout much hesitation.
Sufficient remains of the quadriga, -which crowned the monument,
have been brought home to give its climensions absolutely. All the
parts of the Ionic order are complete. The steps of the pyramid have
been found ancl portions of the three friezes, and these, with Pliny’s
climensions ancl clescription, are all that are required to assure us that
its aspect must have been very similar to the form representecl in
Woodcut No. 162. There can be little doubt with regarcl to the upper
^-y ppER
STO R EY
BASEMENT P L A N—E N T R A N C E
P L A N
163. Plan of the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, from a Drawing by the Author. Scale 50 ft. to 1 in.
storey, but in order to work out to the climensions given by Pliny
(411 ft. in circumference) and those founcl cut out in the rock
(462 ft.), the lower storey must be spread out beyond the upper to
that extent, and most probably something after the manner shown in
the woodcut.
The building consisted internally of two chambers superimposecl
the one on the other, each 52 ft. 6 in. by 42 ft.—the lower one being
the vestibule to the tomb beyoncl—the upper was surrouncled by a
peristyle of 36 columns. Externally the height was divided into three
suggested by M. Pullan in the work Mr. Fergusson’s. The three columns as
published by him and Sir Gharles shown at the angle of Mr. Fergusson’s
Newton (‘Discoveries at Halicarnassus, peristyle wouldbe quiterepugnant to any
1862’). In tlie arrangement and design student of Greek architecture.—Ed.]
of the podium it accords better witli 1 Ilist. Nat. xxxvi. 5.
other examples of Greek tombs than