-th- ^^5T* **\ a represents a Doric entablature, with the soffite slopingover in the usual manner, in which it will be seen that all 188 HISTORY AND RUDIMENTS the angles a, d, c, &c, appear, in consequence of the perspec-tive, more nearly right angles, t. e., more abruptly contrastedthan the… … TVe must here, again, protest against that insolent libelon the Greek architects, the wooden theory of Yitruvius andMilizia, who, of all writers on architecture or building, per-haps give the fewest hints at general principles. In the caseof the inclination of the soffite, this barbarous theory is…
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