Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building : a general reference work (1912)
American Technical Society · Chicago : American Technical Society · leaf 112
Fig, 57). The base which usually appears with this order is of the Atticvariety, circular in plan, and without a square plinth as in later Romanusage, with the exception of one type, that in the Temple of INIinervaPolias at Priene. In Fig. 57 are shown the most typical variations ofGreek Ionic… … Fig. 57. Typical Greek Doric Base.s. the state of Attica. This base is sometimes varied by making thelower torus very small in height, and flattening the scotia, as in PlateXLII; but it still retains the characteristics of the Attic base. Thebase at B, Fig. 57, is the only instance in Greek work…
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