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An attempt to discriminate the styles of architecture in England : from the Conquest to the Reformation ; with a sketch of the Grecian and Roman orders /by the late Thomas Rickman (1881)

Rickman, Thomas, 1776-1841, Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884, Le Keux, John Henry, 1812-1896, Cattermole, George, 1800-1868, Mackenzie, Frederick, 1787 or 8-1854, Jewitt, Thomas Orlando Sheldon, 1799-1869, Starling, William Francis, Hacker, C., 19th cent, Carter, James, 1798-1855, Wilkinson, W. S, Smith, C. B · London : Parker and Co. · leaf 48

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r is properly worked with a plain cornice, omitting themodillions, and leaving the dentil face uncut [as at Tivoli], The enrichments of this order may be very considerable;some of the mouldings of the pedestal and base may be en-riched ; the shaft may be fluted, as the Ionic, in twenty-fourflutes,… … Temple of Jupiter Olympius, Athens. Arch of Septimius Severus, Rome. 30 CORINTHIAN ORDER. may be enriched, the squares in the soffit of the corona panelledand flowered, and the frieze may be adorned with carvings.But though the order will bear all this ornament without over-loading it, yet, for…

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