ESSAY III.
the metopes of the parthenon and the lapith-head
in the louvre.
The transition from the round lines of the columns of a
Doric temple (see fig. 3), in the shaft and in the echinus of the
FlG. 3. Corner of a Doric temple (Penrose).
capital, to the straight lines of the entablature surmounting the
pillars, is made by means of a square slab called the abacus
the metopes of the parthenon and the lapith-head
in the louvre.
The transition from the round lines of the columns of a
Doric temple (see fig. 3), in the shaft and in the echinus of the
FlG. 3. Corner of a Doric temple (Penrose).
capital, to the straight lines of the entablature surmounting the
pillars, is made by means of a square slab called the abacus