Hamlin, Alfred Dwight Foster, 1855-1926 · New York, The Century Co. · leaf 168
Ionic type of Asia INIinor. The capital occursin two forms: one following the Greek model, but witha straight band between the volutes, on the front and 140 ETRUSCAN AND ROMAN ORNAMENT, I rear faces, instead of a depressed curved band (seePlate VIII, 3) ; and the other with four double volutesat… … Fig. 169. Corixthiax Capital, Temple of Mabs Ultoe. with a special type of cornice, is the really distinctiveRoman order. With the Greeks it had been a merevariant of the Ionic; the Romans developed its capitalinto a type generally recognized as one of the most beau-tiful ever devised. In its most…
Decoration and ornament -- History
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