Cook, Arthur Bernard, 1868-1952 · Cambridge [Eng.] The University Press · leaf 277
■ .VS- 198 The Delphic Tripod The tripod to be fixed on the impost, after boring holes for itsfeet and runningthe same with lead ; also a small column of Pentelic marble to be^fixed beneath … Fig. 139. the tripod, with a Doric capital to it, after cutting it straight below and workingit smooth; and the capital to be painted in encaustic. As to Delphic usage, we may with some show of rea.son argue fromthe Plataean trophy to the Pythian tripod. If the former wascolumnar, it is natural to…
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