Builder's architectural drawing self-taught : containing descriptions of drawing instruments and accessories, with rules for using them, and hints as to their care and management ... (1903)
Hodgson, Fred. T. (Frederick Thomas), 1836-1919 · Chicago : F.J. Drake & Co. · leaf 292
. The capital has two rows of leaves, eight ineach row, so disposed that of the taller ones,composing the upper row, one comes in themiddle, beneath each face of the abacus, and thelower leaves alternate with the upper ones,coming between the stems of the latter; so thatin the first or lower tier… … Fig. 242. ARCHITECTURAL DRAWING SELF TAUGHT 237 eight leaves, turned so as to support the smallvolutes which, in turn, support the angles of theabacus. Besides these outer volutes, which areinvariably turned diagonally, as in the four-facedIonic capital, there are two smaller ones, termedcaulicoli,…
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