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OF A RUIN AT SALONICA, CALLED THE INCANTADA
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PLATE XLVII.
The capital and entablature, " and section of the capital." .
PLATE XLVIII.
Pedestal, base and plan reversed of the capital.
PLATE XLIX.
Mouldings of the attic.
" Fig. 1. Details of the attic pilasters.
" Fig. 2. Lateral elevation of the attic pilastersa and section of the architrave above them.
" Fig. 3. Soffit of the upper architrave and profile of the soffit mouldings."
Fig. 4. Two Macedonian medals of the same device, one barbarousb, the other elegant work.
The Head-piece of this Chapter, " Plate XXXV.", may serve to confirm what has been suggested
in the description of Plate XLIX. fig. 4, concerning the medals of Macedon; the first medal, " fig. 13.",
being a most uncouth attempt to express the head of Jupiter and the horseman, both of which we see
executed with superior art and elegance in the second, fig. 14. This will surprise no one who has seen
the more ancient Tetradrachms, the workmanship of which do not surpass that of these barbarous Ma-
cedonian coins, introduced here only to combat an opinion that calls them barbarous Celtic0.
The use of them is obvious, as they mark the state of arts more exactly than the Athenian;
for, as the medals of Macedon have frequently the portrait, and generally the name, of the king in
whose reign they were struck, they may be considered as faithful evidences of the state of the arts in
each reign.
scription on the upper fascia of the architrave, which is introduced
on the elevation, oxtending nearly the length of the entire ruin,
as follows,—
NrETENHMENONYno
or, v yiym^inov vtto in common letters.
Such characters determine the principal external front of the ruin
to he next to the street; but as the elevation is reversed, at first
sight it would seem that they did not correspond with the view,
leaving undecided the front on which they were engraven. These
characters escaped the penetrating eye of Dr. Clarke, who ex-
amined the building with considerable attention, nor does he
suggest any interpretation when quoting them on Revolt's autho-
rity. If this graphic fragment were inserted by Revett on the
drawing in correct proportion, the word ytyttri^vot, (genitum,)
which occupies about three intercolumniations, or 28 feet, would
suggest an idea of the extent of the front of an edifice requisite to
correspond with the length of the words necessary to the comple-
tion of the commencement and termination of the inscription
to the same scale; but it more probably would prove that this
building, like the Tutelles at Bourdeaux, had formerly lateral
fronts, which would have afforded scope for the introduction of
the other parts of the inscription. CED-1
a In the elevation the angular horns or projections on the
abaci of the pilasters of the attic are not introduced; but in the
original drawings of the sculpture by Stuart, the abaci over the
Victory, and the Ganymede, are represented as thus finished,__
corresponding with a very usual mode of terminating the angles
of Greek sepulchral marbles. CBD-!1
b Eckhel in his Doctrina Numismatum, Vol. IV. p. 176.
places this rude resemblance of the Macedonian coins of Alexan-
der the Great, bearing the head of Hercules, and on the reverse, a
figure of Jupiter iEtophoros, among the Plagia Barbarorum Nu-
mismatica. See following note. CED-!]
c Visconti makes the following observations on this remark of
Stuart. " This opinion, on some medals, which have the same
type as the coins of the Macedonian kings, but which are of bar-
barous workmanship, is erroneous. Eckhel has well described
this kind of medals by the title ' Plagia Barbarorum.' They
are rude imitations of the money of Macedon, then the most
esteemed in commerce. These imitations have been executed
either by the uncivilized people who occupied the country situate
between the north of Macedonia and the Danube, or by the
Gauls or other people still more distant." Eckhel observes, re-
garding this coin, " Horum numorum non copia sed eluvics.
Esse Phi. II. dubitare non sinit typus cquitis.-------------Ex
hujus generis numis multi sunt opere nonnihil barbaro, per-
turbatis etiam et male consutis epigraphes Uteris, in quibus legas
*Ann. <DIAnY. IAnOY. lAIA et similia absurda. Eos verisimile
est in montanis Illyrici, et meditcrraneis Thrasiac urbibus Phi.
lippo obnoxiis, percussos. Minus commode Froelichius hos nu-
mos propter opus rudius Philippo I. tribuendos censet. In vc,
tustissima Grcecice moneta labor nequaquam rudis est aut barba-
rus, quails apparet in his de quibus agimus numis, sed rigidus et
ingratus. At sunt alii cum eodem utrinque typo extreme bar-
bari, quos in eorum classem reponimus qui a vicinis barbaris,
quales fuere Daci, secundum monetae Philippcae exemplar signati
baud dubie est." Doct. Num. V. III. Reg. Mac. p. 94. The
same author also thus speaks of some coins frequently found in
France, " Existimat vir eruditus (Pellerinius) signatos esse a
Gallis ad modum aureorum Philippi II. Macedonia regis, quorum
exemplaria complura ii, qui sub Brenno in Galliam rediverint, in
patriam importarint. In eadem sententia est etiam Belleyus! et
docet idem experientia." Doct. Num. V. I. C. Proleg. in Gall.
P- 62. [B1)i-j
123
PLATE XLVII.
The capital and entablature, " and section of the capital." .
PLATE XLVIII.
Pedestal, base and plan reversed of the capital.
PLATE XLIX.
Mouldings of the attic.
" Fig. 1. Details of the attic pilasters.
" Fig. 2. Lateral elevation of the attic pilastersa and section of the architrave above them.
" Fig. 3. Soffit of the upper architrave and profile of the soffit mouldings."
Fig. 4. Two Macedonian medals of the same device, one barbarousb, the other elegant work.
The Head-piece of this Chapter, " Plate XXXV.", may serve to confirm what has been suggested
in the description of Plate XLIX. fig. 4, concerning the medals of Macedon; the first medal, " fig. 13.",
being a most uncouth attempt to express the head of Jupiter and the horseman, both of which we see
executed with superior art and elegance in the second, fig. 14. This will surprise no one who has seen
the more ancient Tetradrachms, the workmanship of which do not surpass that of these barbarous Ma-
cedonian coins, introduced here only to combat an opinion that calls them barbarous Celtic0.
The use of them is obvious, as they mark the state of arts more exactly than the Athenian;
for, as the medals of Macedon have frequently the portrait, and generally the name, of the king in
whose reign they were struck, they may be considered as faithful evidences of the state of the arts in
each reign.
scription on the upper fascia of the architrave, which is introduced
on the elevation, oxtending nearly the length of the entire ruin,
as follows,—
NrETENHMENONYno
or, v yiym^inov vtto in common letters.
Such characters determine the principal external front of the ruin
to he next to the street; but as the elevation is reversed, at first
sight it would seem that they did not correspond with the view,
leaving undecided the front on which they were engraven. These
characters escaped the penetrating eye of Dr. Clarke, who ex-
amined the building with considerable attention, nor does he
suggest any interpretation when quoting them on Revolt's autho-
rity. If this graphic fragment were inserted by Revett on the
drawing in correct proportion, the word ytyttri^vot, (genitum,)
which occupies about three intercolumniations, or 28 feet, would
suggest an idea of the extent of the front of an edifice requisite to
correspond with the length of the words necessary to the comple-
tion of the commencement and termination of the inscription
to the same scale; but it more probably would prove that this
building, like the Tutelles at Bourdeaux, had formerly lateral
fronts, which would have afforded scope for the introduction of
the other parts of the inscription. CED-1
a In the elevation the angular horns or projections on the
abaci of the pilasters of the attic are not introduced; but in the
original drawings of the sculpture by Stuart, the abaci over the
Victory, and the Ganymede, are represented as thus finished,__
corresponding with a very usual mode of terminating the angles
of Greek sepulchral marbles. CBD-!1
b Eckhel in his Doctrina Numismatum, Vol. IV. p. 176.
places this rude resemblance of the Macedonian coins of Alexan-
der the Great, bearing the head of Hercules, and on the reverse, a
figure of Jupiter iEtophoros, among the Plagia Barbarorum Nu-
mismatica. See following note. CED-!]
c Visconti makes the following observations on this remark of
Stuart. " This opinion, on some medals, which have the same
type as the coins of the Macedonian kings, but which are of bar-
barous workmanship, is erroneous. Eckhel has well described
this kind of medals by the title ' Plagia Barbarorum.' They
are rude imitations of the money of Macedon, then the most
esteemed in commerce. These imitations have been executed
either by the uncivilized people who occupied the country situate
between the north of Macedonia and the Danube, or by the
Gauls or other people still more distant." Eckhel observes, re-
garding this coin, " Horum numorum non copia sed eluvics.
Esse Phi. II. dubitare non sinit typus cquitis.-------------Ex
hujus generis numis multi sunt opere nonnihil barbaro, per-
turbatis etiam et male consutis epigraphes Uteris, in quibus legas
*Ann. <DIAnY. IAnOY. lAIA et similia absurda. Eos verisimile
est in montanis Illyrici, et meditcrraneis Thrasiac urbibus Phi.
lippo obnoxiis, percussos. Minus commode Froelichius hos nu-
mos propter opus rudius Philippo I. tribuendos censet. In vc,
tustissima Grcecice moneta labor nequaquam rudis est aut barba-
rus, quails apparet in his de quibus agimus numis, sed rigidus et
ingratus. At sunt alii cum eodem utrinque typo extreme bar-
bari, quos in eorum classem reponimus qui a vicinis barbaris,
quales fuere Daci, secundum monetae Philippcae exemplar signati
baud dubie est." Doct. Num. V. III. Reg. Mac. p. 94. The
same author also thus speaks of some coins frequently found in
France, " Existimat vir eruditus (Pellerinius) signatos esse a
Gallis ad modum aureorum Philippi II. Macedonia regis, quorum
exemplaria complura ii, qui sub Brenno in Galliam rediverint, in
patriam importarint. In eadem sententia est etiam Belleyus! et
docet idem experientia." Doct. Num. V. I. C. Proleg. in Gall.
P- 62. [B1)i-j