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OF THE TEMPLE OF VESTA, AT TIVOLI
rightareafewofthemodemhousesofthetown,andtotbelefttheinnis~nscen: )'OU~esoendat
the side oflhted for thcir size and fine flavour. In the
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PLATE LXV
VIEW OF THE PERlPTERAL TEMI'LE, FROM THE CHURCH OPPOSITE
TmsView exhibits. from a closer point and more clear!)', the architecture of the Temple, and ics
&ituationattheedgeolap1Uipioeofgreatheight: a.Wiaii~X~"onlyoiwhichcomesinthepicture.
The angle is ofandcnt c:onstruetion, of the kind called ~opus inccrtum," and the foundation of the
Templeisformcdonarchesnowenclosedbythemodcmw:.Ilwithbutlrc$$oCSandwindows.
The c:eU of the Temple is also of ~opus ineertum," more carefully executed; the "ylobate, the
columns, and entablature, doorw::t.yand "'indow jambs, nre of the alone of therock,c:alled travenine;
and the whole ha..l>eencovercdbynverythincootofthcfinC£tstuoco,wh.ich,wh~itremains,
sonearlyrescmble:sm:u-ble,astocausemanytoiiTI:Igineittobeso
ThemouldingsandornamentsofthisTcmpleh:tvemanypeculi.o.ritics,wh.ichwillben:presented in
thegc:omctricaldra"·ings. BehindisthcTcmpleoftheSibyl,nowconvcned into a church; tl•etower
or campanileonlyofwhichis!leCn
We h:tvebutlittleassistancefrom theancicntwriters,orfrom theedificei~tt:lf,toguideusin
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