A treatise on the decorative part of civil architecture (1862)
Chambers, William, Sir, 1726-1796, Gwilt, Joseph, 1784-1863, Leeds, W. H. (William Henry), 1786-1866, Hardwick, Thomas, 1752-1829 · London : Lockwood and Co. · leaf 189
espondent. It must bemanifest to every one the least accjuainted with thesubject, that Sir W.s gutta; in the external angle ofthe soffit of the corona are mis|ilafed, and an abuse of which our great master PiiUadio never could havebeen guilty. The substitution, too, of the patera for tlie ox-skull… … OF THE DORIC ORDER. 151 the Tuscan. The remedy seems desperate, and should never be employed butas a last resource.* The ancients employed the Doric, in temples dedicated to Minerva, toMars, and to Hercules, whose grave and manly dispositions suited well withthe character of this order. Serliof…
Decoration and ornament, Architectural · Architecture · Architecture, Greek
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