Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building : a general reference work (1912)
American Technical Society · Chicago : American Technical Society · leaf 376
The modillions are nine parts in width and are spaced seven-teen and five-tenths apart or twenty-six and five-tenths fromcenter to center; the dentils are four parts wide and are two apart.Against the cyma-recta very frequently is placed a row of masks inthe form of lions heads to serve as water… … Fig. U. 96. The base of the Corinthian Order (Plate XIX) is com-posed of a plinth, two torus mouldings, and two scotias separatedby a double bead. Its total height is twenty-three, of which sevenand five-tenths is for the plinth; five and five-tenths for the firsttorus; one for the fillet; one and…
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