Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building : a general reference work (1912)
American Technical Society · Chicago : American Technical Society · leaf 176
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 en-tablature. But though the entablature approaches that…
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