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The five orders of architecture (1889)

Vignola, 1507-1573, Juglaris, Tommaso, Locke, Warren S · [Boston, Press of Berwick & Smith] · leaf 23

An illustration from The five orders of architecture, 1889, leaf 23 — of thecombined height of base, columu, and capital. The architrave is 1 modulus in height, and is adorned bya lis tei of \ of its height and \ projection. The frieze isIJ- moduli in height. The cornice is 1^ moduli and projects1\ moduli. The outline is as follows : a, cornice ; frieze ; c,… … PLATE IV. PLAIN TUSCAN INTERCOLUMNIATION As a general rule, Vignola divides every order — withoutpedestal — into 5 parts : 4 for the column, with base andcapital, and 1 for entablature. Vignola gave the Tuscancolumn, with base and capital, 7 diameters in height, fromwhich the entablature is 3^…

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