Worthen, William Ezra, 1819-1897, [from old catalog] ed · New York, Appleton · leaf 676
of the shaft to ap-pear thinner than it really is. Fig. 1588 represents the form of a half-column from the Pantheon atRome. In Fig. 1589, another example, the lower third of the shaft is uni-formly cylindrical. The entasis of the two thirds is constructed by dividingthe arc, a Z>, into equal… … 660 ARCHITECTURAL CONSTRUCTION. Figs. 1590 to 1594 exhibit an example of the Doric order, from the Templeof Minerva, in the Island of Egina. Fig. 1590 is an elevation of the capitaland the entablature; Fig. 1591 of the base; Fig. 1592 shows the forms ofthe flutes at the top of the shaft, and Fig.…
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