A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 215
which the volutes are retained at each angleand consist of fine spirals which suggest the ROMAN ARCHITECTURE leaAXs which siurounil tlie lower portion of thebase and to give a greater sense of support tothe abacus by the accentuation of the spiraltendrils at the four angles. In the carving oftill… … w™ Roman Imperial Architecture: Composite Order with Names of the Parts. work of a Greek artist. It is possible also thatthe uncertainty which prevails in the spacingout of the triglyph in the Doric frieze and inthe choice between the cushion or the anglevolute of the Ionic cajjital may have led…
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