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OF T ilE TE~tPLE
OF ANT ON INUS AND FAUSTI NA.
:~~~~:~:~~=ptin the~oftho:ltaves.thestalksofwhicb,in thi~ instance, are
Thean:hitrav.:lisin hcl~htveryne:uiyoneofclev(:n p:lfU,and a h:alfofthe •haft of the column
~=~a~ .. ~~:~~~-~~ i;:e: ·~~u::':::l~:~;~:~n~ ~.::~~~n; :~o~~:'!:!acea,
The frieze, with its cym.~tium, is nearly a quarter more than the arehitravo:in ltcight, whio:h accords
withhiJrole•forfriczcsomamentedwithsculprurc.
Thctorniceisverypccul~r.anddiffersfromlll05tother R omanexam]>lcsofthcCorinthianordcr,
tho:dentilsandrnodillionsbcingornitted. lt,howevcr.h.asanadmirablcclfcdcntil band
andthesimaappeartooimall in proportion to theotho:rmembc::,.: the bold projection of the corona
~::.:e:: :~~h~=; the soffit i' lighrencd, as rcpres.:nted at ll The top of the cornice takes the
A lltheplanoftho:soffitofthe architrave, bctwcen tl>ccolumnsand section of the mouldin!P­
Thcorrwnentisint.em~ptedbythc roscinthecentTcofthcabacus.
PLATE LXII.
TilE CORNICE AND FR I EZE, T O A LARGER SCALE
Os the frieze are represented two varieties of ornament, which are 1>bced altcm3tely betoreen the
griliins,alongthefbnkoftheTemplc;the)•areint..as.o-rclievo,andthegriffinsinmeuo-rclicvoct.b ..
btt.erbv.:lonekgratingon thefootofthc ,..,.,,,.·hich is e>:tended to an unnatunr.l length com
p:ar.>tivcly ... iththeother. Theyaresymholicguan:IW.S,orprotecto,.,ufthcoblationseupposed Ill bc::
c:untainedinthe,-asa,.,·hichh:!vebeenolfendtot.bcdcityofthcTemple. Th.ccandeb.btzarlln:lativelyoncwiththeother.