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https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.3720#0168
ORDERS OF COLUMNS.
151
of the fourth dynasty, was the cornice with an overhanging
curve, like that of the roof. At first, it surmounted the
framework (woodcut 115, fig. 2), but, in process of time, the
latter began to be omitted, and the doorway was then per-
mitted to consist merely of the cornice, lintel, ami jambs;
generally with the winged globe on the upper moulding (wood-
cut 115, fig. 3).
The pyramidal, or sloping, line was intended to insure the
durability of a wall, and as the above-mentioned members are
evidently derived from a constructed building, so too the
sloping line could only come from the same origin, being quite
5th Order.
151
of the fourth dynasty, was the cornice with an overhanging
curve, like that of the roof. At first, it surmounted the
framework (woodcut 115, fig. 2), but, in process of time, the
latter began to be omitted, and the doorway was then per-
mitted to consist merely of the cornice, lintel, ami jambs;
generally with the winged globe on the upper moulding (wood-
cut 115, fig. 3).
The pyramidal, or sloping, line was intended to insure the
durability of a wall, and as the above-mentioned members are
evidently derived from a constructed building, so too the
sloping line could only come from the same origin, being quite
5th Order.