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ARCHITECTURAL MEMBERS.
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933. Eestored pediment.
All parts of this restoration are based on the original
pieces incorporated with it. For the cornice, a piece is
inserted at each end. The working of the under surface
shows the projection beyond the dentils. A small piece
at the right end gives the rake of the pediment, which
closely agrees with that obtained from the upper side of
the tympanum slabs. Other fragments give the cornice
and cymation above the tympanum. The stone from the
apex of the pediment also serves to give its rake. On its
upper surface it is cut away to receive an acroterial group.
For the dimensions of this pediment of. p. 4; for the
sculptured tympanum, see No. 924; for the acroterial
group, see No. 926; and for the Nereids at the angles, see
Nos. 922 and 923.
934. Lacunaria.
Portions of five double coffers or lacunaria were brought
home. A triple coffer is also said to have been found
(Mus. of Glass. Antiq., I, p. 266).
This specimen shows clearly the member, attached to
one side of each coffer, which served to mask the joints,
when the coffers were placed side by side, across the peri-
style. The termination of this member on the left shows
how much of the stone was used for a bed. From this
we obtain that while the total length of the double coffer
was 3 feet 8?- inches, the exposed length was 3 feet
f inch. The width, from centre to centre of the masking
beams, was 2 feet J inch. There are considerable traces of
colour on this coffer, consisting of a series of bead and reel
and egg and tongue patterns on the exposed surfaces.
2- This double coffer has its sides complete, but does not
make plain the intention of the projecting piece which is
broken away. Traces of patterns, as in the preceding.
3- This fragment shows the painted patterns better than
the foregoing, and also traces, now very faint, of a head
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933. Eestored pediment.
All parts of this restoration are based on the original
pieces incorporated with it. For the cornice, a piece is
inserted at each end. The working of the under surface
shows the projection beyond the dentils. A small piece
at the right end gives the rake of the pediment, which
closely agrees with that obtained from the upper side of
the tympanum slabs. Other fragments give the cornice
and cymation above the tympanum. The stone from the
apex of the pediment also serves to give its rake. On its
upper surface it is cut away to receive an acroterial group.
For the dimensions of this pediment of. p. 4; for the
sculptured tympanum, see No. 924; for the acroterial
group, see No. 926; and for the Nereids at the angles, see
Nos. 922 and 923.
934. Lacunaria.
Portions of five double coffers or lacunaria were brought
home. A triple coffer is also said to have been found
(Mus. of Glass. Antiq., I, p. 266).
This specimen shows clearly the member, attached to
one side of each coffer, which served to mask the joints,
when the coffers were placed side by side, across the peri-
style. The termination of this member on the left shows
how much of the stone was used for a bed. From this
we obtain that while the total length of the double coffer
was 3 feet 8?- inches, the exposed length was 3 feet
f inch. The width, from centre to centre of the masking
beams, was 2 feet J inch. There are considerable traces of
colour on this coffer, consisting of a series of bead and reel
and egg and tongue patterns on the exposed surfaces.
2- This double coffer has its sides complete, but does not
make plain the intention of the projecting piece which is
broken away. Traces of patterns, as in the preceding.
3- This fragment shows the painted patterns better than
the foregoing, and also traces, now very faint, of a head