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)
Bullock, John, ed · New York, Stringer & Townsend · leaf 272
of the soffit or underside of the abacus which overhang the echinuse e e e ; and s s the soffit of the architrave. From this, the rela-tion between the abacus and architrave, and how much the formerexceeds or projects out beyond the latter, will be better understoodthan by the engraving Fig. 1 in… … II. GLOSSARY. itself only in front at//, over the two voluted faces, the rest beingconcealed by the baluster sides b b of the capital, which extendbeyond the abacas, and convert the general plan into more than asquare. Although the channels and other details of the. balustersides are omitted, and…
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