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primte men : whence feeing that this form succccdcd very well, btcaufe the altar was placed
with great dignity, in the place os the tribunal, and the choir Rood very conveniently round
thealtar, and the remaining part was Tree for the people, it has not been alien .
r< in the compartment os the wings that we make in temples, what has I
when we treated os basilica's, mull he obterved.
To our churches is joined a place separate srom the remainder os the temple which
we call the s.crisly; where are kept the siccrdotal veiliiK ■m., the ressd , the sa red 1 .'.
and the other things neccllarv sor divine service, and here the priests drel
Near to it arc towers built, in which bells arc hung to call the people to the divine offices
which are not made use of by any but Christiana, Near the temple the; habitations sor the
priests are made j which ought to he commodious, with spadoaa cloisters, and ha gardens-
and particularly the places for the 1'acred virgins ought to be secure, high, remote from noise'
and hum the sight of the people.
It is sufficient to have laid thus much concerning the decorum, the aspecls, the manners,
and the compartments os temples, I shall inlert now the designs of many ancient temples,
in which I shall observe this order. First, I lhall put the deligns of the temples that are at
Rom?; asterwards those that are out of Rome, in other pans of/.\;'r; lastly, thole that are
outos/ta/y. And sor the sake of being better unde'ilood, and to avoid being tedious, and
fatiguing to the readers, was I minutely to mention the measures of every part, 1 have marked
them all with figures in the designs,
Tur VtwUiiu soot, with which all the following temples have been mcasured, is in the
second book, Page 59.
The whole foot is divided into twelve inches, and each inch into sour minutes.
CHAP. VI.
Of the designs of sume ancient Temples that are at Rome; and* firft* os that
of Peace.
WE ilull, sor the s.ike os good omen, begin with the designs oi the temple formerly
dedicated to Place, of which the vdligia are to he seci, ne.ir the church of Santa
Maria Nueva, in the Via Sacra: and writers say, that it is in the same place where the.
Curia of Romulus, and Ho/Ulia was first; then the houle os Mlnius, the Kv.Hlca Portia,
and the house of Caesar, and the portico that Augustus (aster pulling down the laid houle
osGssiSAR, which lie thought too large and sumptuous an edifice) built, calling it after the
name os Livia Drusilla his wise.
This temple was begun by the emperor Claudius, and finished by Vespasian' after
he returned victorious from Judea, in which be preserred all the vellels, and ornaments (which
he carried in his triumph) of the temple ol ') ■ . One mads, that (his (smote was the
greatest, the moil magnilicent, and the richcir. of the city ; and certainly its vdligia, ruinous
as they are, represent so much grandeur, that one may very well judge what it was when
whole.
> 1
Before the entrance there was a loggia of three {paces, made of brick ; and the remainder
was a continued wall equal to the breadth os the front In the piksters of the arches oi
the loggia in the part without, there were columns placed sor ornament, the order of which
sollowed alio in the wall continued. Over this firss loggia there w..s another uncovered, with
its poggio; and directly over each column there mult have been a ihitae. In the part within
the temple there were eight marble columns of the Corinthian order, live foot sour inches
thick, and fifty three foot long, with the hase and capital. The architrave, the sn.v,
cornice were ten foot and an lialf, and supportcd the vault o£*fcc middle nave- The
tliesc columns was higher than half the diameter of the column, and had the orlo thicker than
the third part os its height j which they perhaps thus made, sqpposing that it thus
support the weight that was put upon them the better. Its proje
ameter ol the column. The architrave, the fri/e, and the cornice, were carved '
beautisul inventions. The cimacium of the architrave ii \ disferent
from the others, and very gracefully made. The cornice has mo dllio „1 of a goccio-
FOURTH BOOK.
primte men : whence feeing that this form succccdcd very well, btcaufe the altar was placed
with great dignity, in the place os the tribunal, and the choir Rood very conveniently round
thealtar, and the remaining part was Tree for the people, it has not been alien .
r< in the compartment os the wings that we make in temples, what has I
when we treated os basilica's, mull he obterved.
To our churches is joined a place separate srom the remainder os the temple which
we call the s.crisly; where are kept the siccrdotal veiliiK ■m., the ressd , the sa red 1 .'.
and the other things neccllarv sor divine service, and here the priests drel
Near to it arc towers built, in which bells arc hung to call the people to the divine offices
which are not made use of by any but Christiana, Near the temple the; habitations sor the
priests are made j which ought to he commodious, with spadoaa cloisters, and ha gardens-
and particularly the places for the 1'acred virgins ought to be secure, high, remote from noise'
and hum the sight of the people.
It is sufficient to have laid thus much concerning the decorum, the aspecls, the manners,
and the compartments os temples, I shall inlert now the designs of many ancient temples,
in which I shall observe this order. First, I lhall put the deligns of the temples that are at
Rom?; asterwards those that are out of Rome, in other pans of/.\;'r; lastly, thole that are
outos/ta/y. And sor the sake of being better unde'ilood, and to avoid being tedious, and
fatiguing to the readers, was I minutely to mention the measures of every part, 1 have marked
them all with figures in the designs,
Tur VtwUiiu soot, with which all the following temples have been mcasured, is in the
second book, Page 59.
The whole foot is divided into twelve inches, and each inch into sour minutes.
CHAP. VI.
Of the designs of sume ancient Temples that are at Rome; and* firft* os that
of Peace.
WE ilull, sor the s.ike os good omen, begin with the designs oi the temple formerly
dedicated to Place, of which the vdligia are to he seci, ne.ir the church of Santa
Maria Nueva, in the Via Sacra: and writers say, that it is in the same place where the.
Curia of Romulus, and Ho/Ulia was first; then the houle os Mlnius, the Kv.Hlca Portia,
and the house of Caesar, and the portico that Augustus (aster pulling down the laid houle
osGssiSAR, which lie thought too large and sumptuous an edifice) built, calling it after the
name os Livia Drusilla his wise.
This temple was begun by the emperor Claudius, and finished by Vespasian' after
he returned victorious from Judea, in which be preserred all the vellels, and ornaments (which
he carried in his triumph) of the temple ol ') ■ . One mads, that (his (smote was the
greatest, the moil magnilicent, and the richcir. of the city ; and certainly its vdligia, ruinous
as they are, represent so much grandeur, that one may very well judge what it was when
whole.
> 1
Before the entrance there was a loggia of three {paces, made of brick ; and the remainder
was a continued wall equal to the breadth os the front In the piksters of the arches oi
the loggia in the part without, there were columns placed sor ornament, the order of which
sollowed alio in the wall continued. Over this firss loggia there w..s another uncovered, with
its poggio; and directly over each column there mult have been a ihitae. In the part within
the temple there were eight marble columns of the Corinthian order, live foot sour inches
thick, and fifty three foot long, with the hase and capital. The architrave, the sn.v,
cornice were ten foot and an lialf, and supportcd the vault o£*fcc middle nave- The
tliesc columns was higher than half the diameter of the column, and had the orlo thicker than
the third part os its height j which they perhaps thus made, sqpposing that it thus
support the weight that was put upon them the better. Its proje
ameter ol the column. The architrave, the fri/e, and the cornice, were carved '
beautisul inventions. The cimacium of the architrave ii \ disferent
from the others, and very gracefully made. The cornice has mo dllio „1 of a goccio-