Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building : a general reference work ... (1907)
American School of Correspondence · Chicago : American Technical Society · leaf 114
civilizations. The Assyrians, in their decorativeembellishment of the short cross-bar,orwooden cap that they placed upon theircolumns, succeeded in producing a rolled-up decorative member that may havevery readily formed the suggestion for theGreek Ionic capital. (See Fig. 58.) The more ancient… … CAPITAL Fig. 58. Ionic Capital as Suggested in Assyrian Work. img else than a woodenin stone or marble, wouldseemingly be bound to split off under the load of the entablature.The sketch in Fig. 59 shows how this form of cap may possibly havebeen suggested by the Etruscan custom of placing a wooden…
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