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OF THE PLATES.
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mentions: a neceflary confequence of the great dia-
meter of the columns, which would not admit
even of the pycnoftyle, the fmalleft diftance which
the Greek art of building had prefcribed.
X. Terras, or fubaffement, of the great temple ; if we
can apply this lafl name to that which fupported
no part of the temple. We think it probable that
it was never finifhed, as the expence and trouble
of carrying away materials of this prodigious fize
could have anfwered no purpofe. The reader may
fee, in plate XXIV, letter B, the manner in which
the periftyle was finifhed before the fubaffement.
By what we fee of it at the weft end, it appears
that this fubaffement was to have confifted of three
rows or ftrata of ftones, like that of the entire
temple ; the loweft forming the mouldings of the
focle with part of the die ; the fecond forming the
greater!; part of the die; and the higheft forming
the remaining part, with the mouldings of the
cimafa. The loweft ftratum is feen in this plan.
We have marked the length of the ftones: their
breadth, not including the projection of the mould-
ings of the focle, is ten feet five inches; and their
height thirteen feet. The fecond ftratum, form-
ing the greateft part of the die of this fubaffe-
ment, is feen at the weft end. We could not get
to meafure the height and breadth of the ftones that
compofe it, which however appeared to be the fame
as in the lower row ; but we found the length of
three of them to make together above a hundred
and ninety feet, and feparately fixty three feet eight
inches, fixty four feet, and fixty three feet. We
have conjectured (in our account of the ancient
ftate of thefe buildings) that this temple was called
TflxSov from thefe three great ftones. To the
weft a folid foundation of rough ftones, upon
which the fubaffement is built, appears about twelve
feet above the ground.
The buildings in this plan are raifed a confiderable
height from the ground by very folid arches; which
fee under letter E of the following plate.
P L A T E IV.
View of the portico in it's prefent ruinous ftate.
A. Modern towers, built upon the lateral chambers.
See plate III, letter C.
B. An Attic, which is carried on through the two courts,
and feems to have been ornamented with ftatues.
C. Entablature, which is the fame on the outfide and
infide of the portico. See plate VIII.
D. Lateral chambers. See their fe&ions, plates VI and
XI.
E. Doors leading to the arches whioh fupport the por-
tico and the two courts. The feciions of thofe
arches, in plates X, XI, XIII and XIV, fhew that
they communicate with one another, and are car-
ried on in the fame direction with the walls of the
portico and courts, to which they give both folidity
and elevation. The ruftick manner in which they
are built, of vaft unchizzled ftones, would make
it feem as if nothing elfe was intended by them;
and yet fome heads carved in alto relievo upon the
key-ftones, which project at regular diftances, made
.us fufpecT: they might alfo have anfwered fome
myfterious purpofes of the antient religion of this
temple. They are in fome places almoft filled up
with rubbifh, and very indifferently lighted by the
funnels, which fee plate X, letter F j fo that we
could only difcover by torch-light one of thofe
heads diftinctly, which had a youthful face with
horns like a Serapis. We could alfo obferve upon
the fame ftone fome Roman characters, but fo in-
diftinct that we found it impollible to make out
a word. The fame obfcurity and rubbifh alfo pre-
vented our taking an exact plan of thofe arches.
F. Rough wall, which we fuppofe was covered by the
ftair, as reprefented in the following plate.
G. Pedeftals of the columns of the portico. Upon two of
them marked with this letter are the infcriptions,
which fee page 11. Thefe columns were ftanding in
La Roque's time, 1688; if we may at all truft to his
account, which contains fo much ignorant admi-
ration, and fo little intelligible defcription.
H. Turkifh wall.
I. Great door leading to the hexagonal court.
K. Smaller lateral doors, with niches over them, lead-
ing to the fame. See plate VII.
L. Tabernacles for ftatues. The columns of all the
tabernacles of thefe ruins are taken away, as well
as all the ftatues, and every thing that was port-
able.
M. The fouth-weft part of the city.
P L A T E V.
Upright of the portico in it's perfect, ftate.
No ornament feems wanting to complete this grand front to the whole
building, as it is here reftored, except the ftatues on the Attic and in the
tabernacles. How far it may have been farther extended on both fides, be-
yond the lateral chambers, can only be conjectured. See plate III, letter D.
The doors marked E, in plate IV, are omitted here by a miftake, which
was not difcovered till the plate was engraved.
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mentions: a neceflary confequence of the great dia-
meter of the columns, which would not admit
even of the pycnoftyle, the fmalleft diftance which
the Greek art of building had prefcribed.
X. Terras, or fubaffement, of the great temple ; if we
can apply this lafl name to that which fupported
no part of the temple. We think it probable that
it was never finifhed, as the expence and trouble
of carrying away materials of this prodigious fize
could have anfwered no purpofe. The reader may
fee, in plate XXIV, letter B, the manner in which
the periftyle was finifhed before the fubaffement.
By what we fee of it at the weft end, it appears
that this fubaffement was to have confifted of three
rows or ftrata of ftones, like that of the entire
temple ; the loweft forming the mouldings of the
focle with part of the die ; the fecond forming the
greater!; part of the die; and the higheft forming
the remaining part, with the mouldings of the
cimafa. The loweft ftratum is feen in this plan.
We have marked the length of the ftones: their
breadth, not including the projection of the mould-
ings of the focle, is ten feet five inches; and their
height thirteen feet. The fecond ftratum, form-
ing the greateft part of the die of this fubaffe-
ment, is feen at the weft end. We could not get
to meafure the height and breadth of the ftones that
compofe it, which however appeared to be the fame
as in the lower row ; but we found the length of
three of them to make together above a hundred
and ninety feet, and feparately fixty three feet eight
inches, fixty four feet, and fixty three feet. We
have conjectured (in our account of the ancient
ftate of thefe buildings) that this temple was called
TflxSov from thefe three great ftones. To the
weft a folid foundation of rough ftones, upon
which the fubaffement is built, appears about twelve
feet above the ground.
The buildings in this plan are raifed a confiderable
height from the ground by very folid arches; which
fee under letter E of the following plate.
P L A T E IV.
View of the portico in it's prefent ruinous ftate.
A. Modern towers, built upon the lateral chambers.
See plate III, letter C.
B. An Attic, which is carried on through the two courts,
and feems to have been ornamented with ftatues.
C. Entablature, which is the fame on the outfide and
infide of the portico. See plate VIII.
D. Lateral chambers. See their fe&ions, plates VI and
XI.
E. Doors leading to the arches whioh fupport the por-
tico and the two courts. The feciions of thofe
arches, in plates X, XI, XIII and XIV, fhew that
they communicate with one another, and are car-
ried on in the fame direction with the walls of the
portico and courts, to which they give both folidity
and elevation. The ruftick manner in which they
are built, of vaft unchizzled ftones, would make
it feem as if nothing elfe was intended by them;
and yet fome heads carved in alto relievo upon the
key-ftones, which project at regular diftances, made
.us fufpecT: they might alfo have anfwered fome
myfterious purpofes of the antient religion of this
temple. They are in fome places almoft filled up
with rubbifh, and very indifferently lighted by the
funnels, which fee plate X, letter F j fo that we
could only difcover by torch-light one of thofe
heads diftinctly, which had a youthful face with
horns like a Serapis. We could alfo obferve upon
the fame ftone fome Roman characters, but fo in-
diftinct that we found it impollible to make out
a word. The fame obfcurity and rubbifh alfo pre-
vented our taking an exact plan of thofe arches.
F. Rough wall, which we fuppofe was covered by the
ftair, as reprefented in the following plate.
G. Pedeftals of the columns of the portico. Upon two of
them marked with this letter are the infcriptions,
which fee page 11. Thefe columns were ftanding in
La Roque's time, 1688; if we may at all truft to his
account, which contains fo much ignorant admi-
ration, and fo little intelligible defcription.
H. Turkifh wall.
I. Great door leading to the hexagonal court.
K. Smaller lateral doors, with niches over them, lead-
ing to the fame. See plate VII.
L. Tabernacles for ftatues. The columns of all the
tabernacles of thefe ruins are taken away, as well
as all the ftatues, and every thing that was port-
able.
M. The fouth-weft part of the city.
P L A T E V.
Upright of the portico in it's perfect, ftate.
No ornament feems wanting to complete this grand front to the whole
building, as it is here reftored, except the ftatues on the Attic and in the
tabernacles. How far it may have been farther extended on both fides, be-
yond the lateral chambers, can only be conjectured. See plate III, letter D.
The doors marked E, in plate IV, are omitted here by a miftake, which
was not difcovered till the plate was engraved.
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