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FRAGMENTS OF ATHENIAN
ARCHITECTURE,
IN MARBLE AND TERRA COTTA; FORMING A SMALL COLLECTION BROUGHT FROM
ATHENS: DRAWN ONE-FOURTH OF THEIR DIMENSIONS, WITH OCCASIONAL
FURTHER ILLUSTRATIONS TO A LARGER SCALE.
PLATE XX. OF THE TEMPLE OF EREGHTHEUS.
The upper delineation on the Plate is the cymatium molding of the inner architrave of the south
portico seen in Stuart and Revett's Plate, numbered xvni. of this temple. It forms an instance
of carving the molding on narrow lengths of marble separately, to be placed in a sinking, formed
along the top of the solid block.of the architrave for its reception. In the centre is the elevation
of the molding, shewing the joint, where perfect, to be in the centre of the tongue ; on the right
hand is the plan, taken at the top of the molding, and on the left the side elevation. At the straight
joint there are two sinkings for tenons; the one marked with a star in plan and elevation is cut
down in the upper surface; the one with a small circle is recessed up in the under surface; the
third sinking, indicated by a small cross, is recessed on the top surface, and is perhaps part of one
side of the H shaped tenon, that would have formed the lateral fastening across the joint at the back :
in this the iron with a.little thickness of lead remains, as represented by double lines. The part
dotted is left with a small degree of roughness, and is slightly raised before the part terminating the
top of the ornaments, which latter portion being smooth, a perfectly even finish was preserved to
the enrichments. On the left hand is the astragal, the same size as the marble, and explanatory of
the principle in this instance applied to that species of ornament. The pearls themselves in the
FRAGMENTS OF ATHENIAN
ARCHITECTURE,
IN MARBLE AND TERRA COTTA; FORMING A SMALL COLLECTION BROUGHT FROM
ATHENS: DRAWN ONE-FOURTH OF THEIR DIMENSIONS, WITH OCCASIONAL
FURTHER ILLUSTRATIONS TO A LARGER SCALE.
PLATE XX. OF THE TEMPLE OF EREGHTHEUS.
The upper delineation on the Plate is the cymatium molding of the inner architrave of the south
portico seen in Stuart and Revett's Plate, numbered xvni. of this temple. It forms an instance
of carving the molding on narrow lengths of marble separately, to be placed in a sinking, formed
along the top of the solid block.of the architrave for its reception. In the centre is the elevation
of the molding, shewing the joint, where perfect, to be in the centre of the tongue ; on the right
hand is the plan, taken at the top of the molding, and on the left the side elevation. At the straight
joint there are two sinkings for tenons; the one marked with a star in plan and elevation is cut
down in the upper surface; the one with a small circle is recessed up in the under surface; the
third sinking, indicated by a small cross, is recessed on the top surface, and is perhaps part of one
side of the H shaped tenon, that would have formed the lateral fastening across the joint at the back :
in this the iron with a.little thickness of lead remains, as represented by double lines. The part
dotted is left with a small degree of roughness, and is slightly raised before the part terminating the
top of the ornaments, which latter portion being smooth, a perfectly even finish was preserved to
the enrichments. On the left hand is the astragal, the same size as the marble, and explanatory of
the principle in this instance applied to that species of ornament. The pearls themselves in the