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The history and rudiments of architecture; embracing, I. The orders of architecture; II. Architectural styles of various countries; III. The nature and principles of design in architecture; and, IV. An accurate and complete glossary of architectural terms .. (1853)

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An illustration from The history and rudiments of architecture; embracing, I. The orders of architecture; II. Architectural styles of various countries; III. The nature and principles of design in architecture; and, IV. An accurate and complete glossary of architectural terms .., 1853, leaf 22
t only firm-ly and safely, but so thatthe utmost expression ofsecurity is obtained, andpronounced emphaticallyto the eye. Such expres-sion arises from the aba-cus being larger than thesoffit, or under surface ofthe architrave itself;and as the former corres-ponds, or nearly so, withthe lower… … 16 HISTORY AND RUDIMENTS greater than the depth or thickness of the architrave,and projects beyond the architrave and general plane of theentablatuure. Now this would produce a most unsightly effectwere the columns of the same or nearly the same diameterthroughout. In such case they would appear…

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