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might easily make the error. The fence, in question,
(if any such there were, besides ballustrades, which,
between the columns, formed the inclosure of the atrium)
must have been a range of ballustrades, between the
atrium and the throne; but I think this would have been
mentioned, in the scripture account. Or Josephus might
mean the continuation of the fence, in front of the atri-
um, from the angular column to the wall of the Temple,
right and left, under the galleries. But be this as it may.
To proceed ; in the description of the royal palace,
and that for the queen, from the beginning of the 7
chap, to the middle of the 12 v. we have the ordination
of an atrium, and a portico; and, in the latter part of 12 v,
the same disposition, and ordination, are assigned to the
atrìum interius of the Temple of the Lord, and to the
portico of the Temple.
The contents of the 10 v. ibid, clearly allude to
what is called by Vitruvius, the stylobata, vulgarly
called pedestals ; wherein it is said, "and the founda-
tions of costly stones, large stones of 8 or 10 cubits."
These were, no doubt, for the purpose of stylobates, as
they are said to be costly, or valuable (preciosi ;) and
though called by the generical name, stone, were mar-
ble ; and it were absurd to argue, that any architect
would bury blocks of costly marble, in the foundation,
out of sight : when placed under columns, they are in
full view ; and being procured, in such large blocks,
there can be no purpose, to which they could be assign-
ed so natural and consistent, as the die of a stylobate,
which is required, in strict propriety, to be of one
entire piece of marble.
Now since these were used, in such size, in the
atrium of the palace, to which the atrium in the house
of
might easily make the error. The fence, in question,
(if any such there were, besides ballustrades, which,
between the columns, formed the inclosure of the atrium)
must have been a range of ballustrades, between the
atrium and the throne; but I think this would have been
mentioned, in the scripture account. Or Josephus might
mean the continuation of the fence, in front of the atri-
um, from the angular column to the wall of the Temple,
right and left, under the galleries. But be this as it may.
To proceed ; in the description of the royal palace,
and that for the queen, from the beginning of the 7
chap, to the middle of the 12 v. we have the ordination
of an atrium, and a portico; and, in the latter part of 12 v,
the same disposition, and ordination, are assigned to the
atrìum interius of the Temple of the Lord, and to the
portico of the Temple.
The contents of the 10 v. ibid, clearly allude to
what is called by Vitruvius, the stylobata, vulgarly
called pedestals ; wherein it is said, "and the founda-
tions of costly stones, large stones of 8 or 10 cubits."
These were, no doubt, for the purpose of stylobates, as
they are said to be costly, or valuable (preciosi ;) and
though called by the generical name, stone, were mar-
ble ; and it were absurd to argue, that any architect
would bury blocks of costly marble, in the foundation,
out of sight : when placed under columns, they are in
full view ; and being procured, in such large blocks,
there can be no purpose, to which they could be assign-
ed so natural and consistent, as the die of a stylobate,
which is required, in strict propriety, to be of one
entire piece of marble.
Now since these were used, in such size, in the
atrium of the palace, to which the atrium in the house
of