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OF THE TEMPLE OF VESTA, AT TIVOLI<br />
thecdl Tllcrolumnsappeartohavehadtheirinner f;wuperpendiculM,UprescribedbyVitruvius;•<br />
butlhcirinclin;ltionisnowvarious,fromtheruinousstatc<strong>of</strong> theTemJ>le.<br />
<strong>The</strong>hcight<strong>of</strong>the(:Omice<strong>of</strong>lhcdoorag~withlherulc<strong>of</strong>Vitruvius fordoor-ways, tbutthe<br />
opening does not. <strong>The</strong> width is ncarly::u:ronling to his pn:eepts; thediminution<strong>of</strong>lhcopening,and<br />
<strong>of</strong>thcan:hitr.we:s,abonearlyaccord<br />
PLATE LXV II I.<br />
TRANSVERSE ELEVATION OF THE TEMPLE, RESTORED.<br />
Tntstylobatconwhichthecolumnsare plao:d, is very nearly a lhird <strong>of</strong> their height, including the<br />
o;:apital and base, as pre:sc:ribcd byVitruvius.f <strong>The</strong> column is thcheight<strong>of</strong>thecleardiamctcr<strong>of</strong>thc<br />
cell. Thccnb.blatureisvcrylight, being between a fifth and &iJCth part<strong>of</strong> thehcight<strong>of</strong> the column.<br />
Thcro<strong>of</strong>,fromthetop<strong>of</strong>lheeomioe,isrestoredfromab:un:liefinlhemu5eum<strong>of</strong> Florence, and from<br />
u.istingmedals<strong>of</strong>roundtemples.one<strong>of</strong>"·hic:hisrepresentedonthisPiate:itis<strong>of</strong>lhetime<strong>of</strong><br />
Augustus,andhaslheeelJ,,.·ithiudoor,clearlyshown;thero<strong>of</strong>crtendscwerlhecolumns,:asisthc<br />
ClSCinallcoins,andrisesc:onica!lytoano..·erinthecentre.havingantifissz,oromamentalules<br />
onlheedgeolthccomice. As the various commentators h.3vedisagreed onthiopassage<strong>of</strong> Vitruvius<br />
:;:;;;;:;::;;:adoptingthcevidena:oCmedals.withwhichitwillbefoondlhatthc intc.-pretation<br />
<strong>The</strong> w~l <strong>of</strong>theeell w:u covered wilh co:omcnt,and probably rusticated, similarly to that <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Templc<strong>of</strong> Vesta,at<strong>Rome</strong>.<br />
PLATE LX IX.<br />
A. TnE mouldings <strong>of</strong> lhe stylobate. <strong>The</strong>y arc worked in tmvertine stone;the rest <strong>of</strong> the<br />
substruetion islhe"opusincenum.~<br />
U. <strong>The</strong> b;tscs<strong>of</strong> the columns, which are without plinlhs, and consequently less than the height<br />
prd;erilx:dbyVitruvius;and lhetcm•ination<strong>of</strong> the nutcs.<strong>of</strong>whic:h there are butt"•emy,bothatthe<br />
top, or summo scapo; ;md bottom, or imo scapo, <strong>of</strong> the shaft: arc both very uncommon. <strong>The</strong> shafts <strong>of</strong><br />
thecolumns•-aryfromsi:~:totcnblodc s intheir height. <strong>The</strong>ir diminutionisncarlyonc-scventh <strong>of</strong> the<br />
lowerdiameter,accordingtohisrule<br />
C. <strong>The</strong> capital is in heightverynearlycqualto!helower diameter <strong>of</strong> the column, as ordered by<br />
Vitruvius. <strong>The</strong> c:haraeter<strong>of</strong> the leavesandvolut.es i5\·el"}·peculiar, <strong>The</strong> nO\\-ers in lhe centre are<br />
considcrablymorethan!hedcpth<strong>of</strong>the~;lheyarevariousinthdrde:signs1eachaltemate<br />
c:enualflowcrlx:ingspiral<br />
D. Sec:tionthroo.aghlheenubbtureand lacunariz. <strong>The</strong>a.rclli~veand friezean:intwobl.-..::U<strong>of</strong><br />
traven.inestoneinhcight;lhejoint being rathcrabovethetop<strong>of</strong>the former. <strong>The</strong>comic:eis in one<br />
pieoe in height, and cut """yatthe bac:ktoreoei\"C the bloeb<strong>of</strong> the: bcunaria::,which are •-ariousin<br />
thcir thickness. <strong>The</strong> ornament <strong>of</strong> the frieze i! represented in Pbte LXX. <strong>The</strong> mouldings o( the<br />
a.rclli~veandcomiceareplain.<br />
E. Plan<strong>of</strong>thebcunari;~~:undcrthcir teetion. <strong>The</strong>di.-isionl bet•·eenthc: COffer$ <strong>of</strong>thclacuna.riae<br />
are fonncd by a groove. T he nowen vary in the minute paru <strong>of</strong>thcirdesign, but ha•·e !he s:une<br />
generalappearance;thcditfererw:enotlx:ingdistinguishablewithoutaverycloteinspcction.<br />
F. <strong>The</strong>pbn<strong>of</strong>thccapital<br />
PLATE LXX.<br />
THE CAPITAL AND FRI EZE. ONE QUARTER THE ACT UA L S IZE.<br />
Tn1 drawing i.s made to represent !he acrual effect <strong>of</strong> the omamentinthisbcautifulspecimcn<strong>of</strong>the<br />
Corinlhianorder,andhasnotth.3tdelic.1cyiniuuecution which is seen in other examples represented
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