Illinois Society of Architects · Chicago · leaf 482
of the Order, as hererepresented, will be found to exist inmany recognised examples. Occasion-ally the mutules are dispensed with, andtheir bed mould is cut to form a dentilcourse, as in the Theatre of Marcellus.The cyma crowning the cornice is oftenreplaced by a cavetto, wliile the Doricbase… … ONIC Plate IV.The Ionic Order shows smalleu variationsfrom the pure Classic examples than anyother, and its proportions are fairly simple. Two styles of cornices are. however, used,the modiilion and the dentil cornice, andalthough the method adopted by Gihbs otgiving prominence to the former has…
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