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<strong>The</strong>masonry<strong>of</strong>theatticisinlargeblocks.alld more particularlythat<strong>of</strong>lheouterpiers; the part<br />

<strong>of</strong>whichlcvclwiththedieo!thepedestalshasthrecblocb,thenorthcmoneonlytwo<br />

Totheleftextn:mityare$hownthetwosteps•<strong>of</strong>thesideArcltes.attheend toW':ll'lbtheCapitol.<br />

andtheindinedline<strong>of</strong>J"'vcmcnt<strong>of</strong>thecentraiAreh<br />

PLATE XV.<br />

A. <strong>The</strong> base. a <strong>The</strong> c:~pital. C. Plan <strong>of</strong> ditto. D. <strong>The</strong> section. E. <strong>The</strong> cn~;~.blature .<br />

mouldings<strong>of</strong>thepedestak G. <strong>The</strong>mouldings<strong>of</strong>theattie.<br />

<strong>The</strong> leaves <strong>of</strong> thi:s~:~pital are docidedlythcac:anthus,and diffa-cntirclyfromthosc<strong>of</strong>theAn:h<strong>of</strong><br />

~tu~:~icharctheolivc. Thcchamct~:riswcllrcprcsen.ted..lhoughtheyarcnotsolindyworl::edou<br />

PLATE XVI.<br />

TilE VAR IOUS MEMilERS. ONE QUARTER THEIR ACTU;\L S IZE<br />

A. <strong>The</strong>cimarcvcrsaolthcatticcomic:e,with:oo::tion<strong>of</strong>tl\t,same.<br />

Thcmouldingsonthecorona<strong>of</strong>theprirw:iJ~alcornicc,andtheuppcrmcmbcr<strong>of</strong>the:ucllirr.wc,are<br />

prccisclythes;uneinchar:actcr,andvcrylll':lrly.ointheirdimcnsionswiththis.<br />

R <strong>The</strong> moulding <strong>of</strong> thclongpanclinthcattic.<br />

C. Tltemouldingundertheoorona<strong>of</strong>themainoomiee.<br />

D. <strong>The</strong> lower ornament <strong>of</strong> the impost <strong>of</strong> the great Arch<br />

~· ;~ ~::: u:~;,~o~c~l~n:7~eo~~: side An:hC$<br />

G. <strong>The</strong>capital,withitsvolute,one<strong>of</strong> each <strong>of</strong> theeightupper:md lower leaves. ranged round the<br />

apit:al. and the small leaf on the vase <strong>of</strong> it All in their situatiorL• as to height, l:!ut laid out<br />

geometrically.<br />

and ~de T~impost moulding, and archivolt <strong>of</strong> the arches <strong>of</strong> o:ommuniation, between the centre<br />

hisunne«ssarytopointoutthepeculi:tritic:a<strong>of</strong>thesemo .. ldings.thcscaleto"'hichtheyaredrawn<br />

rcndcrsthemsufficicntlycxplanatory<br />

PLATE XV II.<br />

A. <strong>The</strong> key-stone and .m:hivolt <strong>of</strong> the central Areh. IJ. Section <strong>of</strong> thcan;hivolt. C. Pr<strong>of</strong>ile <strong>of</strong> the<br />

kc>··s.tone in itspresents~te. D. <strong>The</strong>leafonthe501ftt<strong>of</strong>thesaone. E. J>r<strong>of</strong>ilc <strong>of</strong>thelr.cr·5tone <strong>of</strong><br />

th~stdc Arches. F .. Sccuon <strong>of</strong> th~ mouldings, over and under the panels beneath the priocipal bas<br />

r.::hcfs. G. <strong>The</strong> archtvolt and out! me <strong>of</strong> the lr.cy·6t0nes: the latter are 110 much mutibtcd, that their<br />

design cannot be m3deout. II <strong>The</strong> impoit and o:<strong>of</strong>fcn <strong>of</strong> the: ccntnl An.:h,with the S~eetion <strong>of</strong> the<br />

sam{'. I. <strong>The</strong> wlfers <strong>of</strong> the An:hes <strong>of</strong> o:ommuniation, "'ith th~ir .o;ection, ~nd that <strong>of</strong> the 3rchi,·olt.<br />

K. Thcimpo,tandc<strong>of</strong>fcrs<strong>of</strong> thesidcAn:hes,withtheirscction

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