The American house-carpenter; a treatise on the art of building, and the strength of materials (1873)
Hatfield, R. G. (Robert Griffith), 1815-1879 · New York : J. Wiley · leaf 157
ing an entablature of from 2 to 2£ diameters.This is a good proportion, it being similar to the Doric order.But for a portico these proportions are much too heavy; anantre, 15 diameters high, and an entablature of 3 diameters,will have a better appearance. CORNICES. 251.—Fig. 189 to 197 are designs… … MOULDINGS. CORNICES. &C. 113 and the various members are proportioned according to thoseparts, as figured under H and P. J
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