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the ceiling of the upper cénacles; according to Joseph us,
to enter from the stairs, through the said aperture, into
the spacious gallery on the right side of the Temple ;
and the door, in that opening, would be perpendicularly
over the door, mentioned in the sacred text
The disposition of the columns was such, as to sup*
port the fronts of the galleries, continued on three sides
©f the Temple, and 10 customry cubits, in breadth, to
the ballustrades on the top of the entablature over the
columns ; which ballustrades are to be conceived to
stand, right over the centres of the columns beneath.
The stylobates, or, pedestals of the columns, are 10
cubits high, equal ft.18.24 ; and this dimension is the
breadth of the walks, or piazzas, from the wall to the
centre of the columns. The side rows of columns, are
terminated, at each end,by pilasters: one pilaster against
the cedar screen, the other against the inside of the front
wall of the Temple; which last pilaster is to project 4
feet, but that at the screen 10 inches, and the very small
fraction of .08 of an inch. From the face of the pilaster,
at the screen, to the first column of the row, the distance
is equal 2 diameters of the column, viz, 14 feet : then
13 columns, each 7 feet in diameter, with 12 more inter-!
columns, at 14 feet, will leave a space, between the
front wall of the Temple, and last column of the row,
equal to 18 feet ; therefore, by projecting the pilaster,
which was at the front wall, and opposite the last co-
lumn, 4 feet, all the intercolurans would be equal, viz,
14 feet ; and the piazza, at the entrance of the Temple
wider than the side ones : and the 13 columns, and 14
intercolumns disposed in like manner, on the other side
of the Temple, there will be between these rows of co-
lumns on the sides a breadth of ft.102, in.11.04 this
will
the ceiling of the upper cénacles; according to Joseph us,
to enter from the stairs, through the said aperture, into
the spacious gallery on the right side of the Temple ;
and the door, in that opening, would be perpendicularly
over the door, mentioned in the sacred text
The disposition of the columns was such, as to sup*
port the fronts of the galleries, continued on three sides
©f the Temple, and 10 customry cubits, in breadth, to
the ballustrades on the top of the entablature over the
columns ; which ballustrades are to be conceived to
stand, right over the centres of the columns beneath.
The stylobates, or, pedestals of the columns, are 10
cubits high, equal ft.18.24 ; and this dimension is the
breadth of the walks, or piazzas, from the wall to the
centre of the columns. The side rows of columns, are
terminated, at each end,by pilasters: one pilaster against
the cedar screen, the other against the inside of the front
wall of the Temple; which last pilaster is to project 4
feet, but that at the screen 10 inches, and the very small
fraction of .08 of an inch. From the face of the pilaster,
at the screen, to the first column of the row, the distance
is equal 2 diameters of the column, viz, 14 feet : then
13 columns, each 7 feet in diameter, with 12 more inter-!
columns, at 14 feet, will leave a space, between the
front wall of the Temple, and last column of the row,
equal to 18 feet ; therefore, by projecting the pilaster,
which was at the front wall, and opposite the last co-
lumn, 4 feet, all the intercolurans would be equal, viz,
14 feet ; and the piazza, at the entrance of the Temple
wider than the side ones : and the 13 columns, and 14
intercolumns disposed in like manner, on the other side
of the Temple, there will be between these rows of co-
lumns on the sides a breadth of ft.102, in.11.04 this
will