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The five orders of architecture (1889)

Vignola, 1507-1573, Juglaris, Tommaso, Locke, Warren S · [Boston, Press of Berwick & Smith] · leaf 35

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his height is divided into 16 parts, and of these 12 aregiven to the column, with base and capital, and 4 to thepedestal. To this we add 3 parts for the entablature.The top of the cap of the pilaster is in a horizontal linewith the center of the arch. The pilaster cap is 1 modulushigh. The top of… … PLATE VII. THE DORIC PEDESTAL. ViGNOLA gives this Pedestal a height of ò\ moduli^ anddivided it into 3 parts, — Base, Plinth, and Cap. The baseis 10 parts high, and projects 4|- parts. The plinth has aheight of 4 moduli, and a width of 2 moduli and 10 parts.The cap is modulus high, and also…

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