which the archi-trave rests, not 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… … either extremity, the column 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…
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