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Tbcponico is()(b..~l)'le, bcingone hundn:d and ten fc.:t in extenl, 10 theouaidc of tho51ullliof thellngUIl whiehtheponiooisplaa:d;andrisc:sinfronttofonnapediment,tbeoentralpa.n.of•-hichw;wc:ut a.,.,.y,andthewallrcc:cuc:d.tOformb~sunder thetwotowcrlcroc:tcdbylkmini,whichare purposely omitted in theelevation.~thcywouldconceal thedon>e: theupl'eroomi~abocontinu,~ roundtheprojeo:tionaboveit. ThewaUwhichrilaasa plinth tothedomc,n:croc.tcnfcetfromthe faceofthcmainwall. The dome is funhcr strengthened by six other d~'g'l'CCI. now unequal in fii~; and above them it nssurn~ its globubr form. T he whole is now covered with lead, except the rim to ~:r:::;;;;n the •ummit; it is surrounded by plates of bronze. with which the whole is said tO have T heelev:~tionof theportiooi~dC$Cl'ibed i n l'blC XLIV lnthesectionarclhownthepil:.stcrs.whicharcattachedtothcprojectionbc:hindtheportico. TheyhavOUld1 Thcdoorw'.tyis"""'!particuLulyrcpresentedinPLlteXLIX. PLATE XLIV.

OF THE I'ANT!llm!\. AT KOME Thclowcrdi:unetcrbeingon :ut avcngcfourfeo..'tck:vcninchCII,and theuppc:roncfourfectthree inchdlivetcnth.!,c;ausesthcdiminutiontoucordalsowiththetulcsoiVitruviu!l.• Thecnt.uisorswellingofthesh:Utof theseoolumnsisvcryperoeptible; but, from the dc:c:ay of some,andcncumb~ncesanachedtnothcn,isdiflicuhtnbcaceurotdy~rt:ained. The. capital isaliulcmorcinheightthanthelo.reTV IIl ,whichmayacc:o~~ntforthe

Tbcponico is()(b..~l)'le,<br />

bcingone hundn:d and ten fc.:t in extenl, 10 theouaidc <strong>of</strong> tho51ullli<strong>of</strong><br />

thellngUIl<br />

whiehtheponiooisplaa:d;andrisc:sinfrontt<strong>of</strong>onnapediment,tbeoentralpa.n.<strong>of</strong>•-hichw;wc:ut<br />

a.,.,.y,andthewallrcc:cuc:d.tOformb~sunder thetwotowcrlcroc:tcdbylkmini,whichare<br />

purposely omitted in theelevation.~thcywouldconceal thedon>e: theupl'eroomi~abocontinu,~<br />

roundtheprojeo:tionaboveit. <strong>The</strong>waUwhichrilaasa plinth tothedomc,n:croc.tcnfcetfromthe<br />

face<strong>of</strong>thcmainwall. <strong>The</strong> dome is funhcr strengthened by six other d~'g'l'CCI. now unequal in fii~;<br />

and above them it nssurn~ its globubr form. T he whole is now covered with lead, except the rim to<br />

~:r:::;;;;n the •ummit; it is surrounded by plates <strong>of</strong> bronze. with which the whole is said tO have<br />

T heelev:~tion<strong>of</strong> theportiooi~dC$Cl'ibed i n l'blC XLIV<br />

lnthesectionarclhownthepil:.stcrs.whicharcattachedtothcprojectionbc:hindtheportico.<br />

<strong>The</strong>yhavOUld1<br />

Thcdoorw'.tyis"""'!particuLulyrcpresentedinPLlteXLIX.<br />

PLATE XLIV.

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