Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building : a general reference work (1912)
American Technical Society · Chicago : American Technical Society · leaf 308
Arcb of Titus, Showing View of Colosseum. 228 STUDY OF THE ORDERS rate leaf treatment on the face of the bell of the later capital—^just sucha transition as is shown in this Greek capital from Aizani. So it ispossible that the Composite capital is more properly an outgrowth of the richer forms of… … -^ /^ /~\ Ionic Order, which mayhave first suggested the useof leafage below the Ionicvolutes. But the full develop-ment of the Compositeform, combining all therichest and most elaborateparts of the former Orders,is undoubtedly due to theRomans. Aside from thefact that ail the mouldingsof tliis…
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