Easy steps in architecture and architectural drawing .. (1915)
Hodgson, Frederick Thomas, 1836- [from old catalog] · Chicago, Ill., Printed by F. J. Drake & co. · leaf 76
ep in the formation of an architec-tural capital was no doubt a flat slab of stone, tile or EASY LESSONS IN ARCHITECTURE wood placed on the top of the column to give it a largersurface to receive the architrave. The Doric capitalconsists simply of this square slab or abacus, with anechinus and… … Plate 3. however, be remembered that the Doric, the earliest ofthe Grecian orders, had no base. (Plate 3.) Q. What was the origin of the fillets at top and bot-tom of the shafts? A. The column, being originally of wood, no doubthad ties or rings of iron at top and bottom to pre-vent the wood from…
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