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Gabb, Thomas
Finis pyramidis or Disquisitions concerning the antiquity and scientific end of the great pyramid of Giza, or ancient Memphis, in Egypt, and of the first standard of linear measure — Retford, 1806

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given, after the foüoWiäif exposition: ôf the Grecia»
Temples*

Vitruvius, 3 book, 1 chap, describes seven different
styles of Grecian Temples, vîz, the sedes fifi arféis, eálled,
by the Greeks, ***i ài» ita^an, hiving áftÉáe' oft' the1
faces of the walls, which eftcompass the cell, and" 2 cet»
lumns between the antae, and aböfè theirii the peditnent
in stich symmetries, as aré established ìtf thM book. A&
example of this is in that of the three dedications to
fortune, nearest to the Gate €feHínat«**u-»»íi**Tnís' áédés in
antis, Perrault has represented surrounded by é
wails, instead of 3, placed Ihe' 9 eoferan* st -a? dis¿
tance fron* the frönt, instead óf disposing them ÙeMeeté
the antae, where fee, instead* ereets Ma? fourth or fron*
WâfH, raises a pediment ovei» hie £ columna, éËÊ
another over the Whole1 á-oñt, áfld bétëS of aft1 âiéommit
and unprecedented height ; and has perverted VitrWVius'í''
description altogether, into 1 moat a&strrd design.

The second kind of Templé, by Vrtfimris, is thé
Frósryle, this ha» 4 columns in front, he ciies aa exam-
ple of this, hu the Jupiter and Faunus»

The third, is the amphiprostyle, with 4 columns at
the postern end, assert ás aft the fröött and pediments-
ofer fhètìl.

The fourth• sfvle is•, «fee Perrptere. This has 6 co-
lumns) front and postern and on each side, counting the*
angular one» again, tí 5 which are, on the 4 sides,
one iriféfêOîumri's space distant from the wails, to-form*
walks all round« thé Temple: as m the portico of Me-r
tèîras, in the Jupiter Stator, itt the fletthodus : and at
the works o^Marius dedicated to Honor* and Virtue, but
ffiÄoät gestern edfumnsv built by Mutras.

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