Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building : a general reference work ... (1907)
American School of Correspondence · Chicago : American Technical Society · leaf 174
11,7 M T ^lYSlCRATES °[IslA IN- FLATE XLVIII.(A reproduction at small size of Portfolio Plate XLVIII.) STUDY OF THE ORDERS 145 simple expedient of placing them upon a short section of wall, or pedes-tal, treated with an ornate Ionic antse cap and base-mould (Fig. 81).This is practically the first… … avfl a 0) CO ■c! •r-t >, !-< c3OV oo to placed on their raised basement or pedestal, a custom which theRomans later adopted in many of their buildings. In place of capitals, these statues carry on their heads a sort ofcushion of round mouldings (Fig. 82), which in turn carries the…
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