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The five orders of architecture (1889)

Vignola, 1507-1573, Juglaris, Tommaso, Locke, Warren S · [Boston, Press of Berwick & Smith] · leaf 51

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let of the base of the column,is 1 modulus high. The shaft, with fillet and bead, is 14moduli high. The capital has a height of 1 modukis. The entablature is 4 moduli high, or \ of column withbase and capital. The total height is 20 moduli, and isdivided as just described. The best spacing of… … PLATE XI. ARCHED DORIC INTERCOLUMNIATION, In this modification of the Doric Order the proportionsare two to one (20 to 10) ; that is, the total height is twicethe distance between centers of columns. The distancebetween pilasters is 7 moduli, and the pilasters are 3 mod-uli wide, giving 10 moduli…

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