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PART II. VARIETY IN THE COLUMNS. 43
ing) variety, in consequence of the curve in the
lower part, wasat about one-sixth, or one-seventh,
of the height of the shaft above the base ; and the
same was the case in the columns of the fourth
order. The dimensions of the columns, in this
variety of the third order, differ more than in any
of the preceding; some were of 2*9001, or about
2~ diameters;* others of 3*627, f of 4*00144
or of 4*105 § diameters; and their ordinary height,
of 1/ feet 9 inches to 28 feet 9-^ inches (or with
abacus and plinth from 21 feet 10| inches to 26
feet 3§ inches), is extended to 39 feet (or with the
abacus and plinth 45 feet 8 inches), having a dia-
meter of 9 feet 6 inches. || These last, which are
the largest remaining of this order, are in the lateral
colonnades of the great Hall at Karnak; where
122 of them are disposed in fourteen rows, with
a central avenue of twelve, of still larger dimen-
sions, of the fourth order; and here is the most
remarkable instance of that peculiar habit, adopted
by the Egyptians, of varying the size of the capitals,
and other details, in the same colonnade. No two
neighbouring columns are alike, and, when on a
level with the bottom of the capitals, you perceive
how much one is higher, or lower, than the next-^f
nor are the measurements of any two columns, in
other buildings, exactly alike.
* At the great temple of Remeses III at Medeenct Haboo. Plate vii,
fig-3.
t At Old Koorneh, of Sethos or Osirei I. Plate vii, fig. 1.
* At the Mcmnonium, of Remeses II. Plate vii, fig. 2.
§ In the great hall of Karnak of Osirei I. Plate viii, fig. 1.
I I'or the measurements of the eolumns see Plates vii, viii. •
H Vide Plate viii, fig. 1, a, b, a
ing) variety, in consequence of the curve in the
lower part, wasat about one-sixth, or one-seventh,
of the height of the shaft above the base ; and the
same was the case in the columns of the fourth
order. The dimensions of the columns, in this
variety of the third order, differ more than in any
of the preceding; some were of 2*9001, or about
2~ diameters;* others of 3*627, f of 4*00144
or of 4*105 § diameters; and their ordinary height,
of 1/ feet 9 inches to 28 feet 9-^ inches (or with
abacus and plinth from 21 feet 10| inches to 26
feet 3§ inches), is extended to 39 feet (or with the
abacus and plinth 45 feet 8 inches), having a dia-
meter of 9 feet 6 inches. || These last, which are
the largest remaining of this order, are in the lateral
colonnades of the great Hall at Karnak; where
122 of them are disposed in fourteen rows, with
a central avenue of twelve, of still larger dimen-
sions, of the fourth order; and here is the most
remarkable instance of that peculiar habit, adopted
by the Egyptians, of varying the size of the capitals,
and other details, in the same colonnade. No two
neighbouring columns are alike, and, when on a
level with the bottom of the capitals, you perceive
how much one is higher, or lower, than the next-^f
nor are the measurements of any two columns, in
other buildings, exactly alike.
* At the great temple of Remeses III at Medeenct Haboo. Plate vii,
fig-3.
t At Old Koorneh, of Sethos or Osirei I. Plate vii, fig. 1.
* At the Mcmnonium, of Remeses II. Plate vii, fig. 2.
§ In the great hall of Karnak of Osirei I. Plate viii, fig. 1.
I I'or the measurements of the eolumns see Plates vii, viii. •
H Vide Plate viii, fig. 1, a, b, a