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01· TilE TE\II'LE Ul; rHI:: UIOSCUitl, 01< (.'ASTOR ANU l'OLLUX PLAT E LXXXV II. T~ttSlesof M,,,.Uhorand .thcl'anthron. Thcsethn.-eformthe6nestandbestproervt!dspecimcnJof theCorinthianordcrinRome thoughthcyditlerv~rymatcrial!yinlhcirproponions,andinlhecharactcroftheiro"'"'"'""t; asv.·illk more dearly""'-'" byoomp:uing the l'latesXLVIJ., LXXV., and LXXXVIJl.; and mlwthc l'l~te~ XLVIII., LXXVI .. and XC.; the three btterofwhich a~ all uc:cmed toaquan.:r of thetNisi•e. ltwillt..:~bytheplan,thattheangleofthea\w:u•i•con•idcmblybroadc rthan ei tMroftheotho;,r ClQllllples inthisworic.although tht: member ismon: dc:cor.ucd. Wean:enablt:d tovouchfQI"the =~s.thiJpbnandelevationolthccopital,fromfrngmenlllfoundon thespotduringthcbt e The only!W' olthe abaros ..anting;, the !W1 under A; the ornament iJhe~ n:st.-.:1 from luJlllOilitionin t ..·ovarious..ays,here.and :u Pbte XC. A fn.gmentofthe anglo:,uhcf"C dr~wn ...;u found on the 6f>Ol at the time of the c:xc:wation, and anochu with a little ~.,.ricty in the termination of thcfoliagewhichoma~tedthcabacus. Theangul:uvolutellr.Ualsofound,and part ofthclcafwhich supporu it attached; itiJsunkin theccntrco(itsn.:tum.asreprcsentedonthcpbn. Theutent o(theabacuidiagonall~·isoearlycqual todoubletbc: lowerdWnetuofthe-w!Uiltll{as prcsc:ribedbyVitruvius; butthee
56 OF THE TEMPLE OF THE D IOSCURI, OR CASTOR AND POLLUX PLAT E XC. T HE CAPITAL. ONE QUARTER TilE ACTUAL SCA LE Tm~ capital is carefully n:stort:d from the: ,-arious fragments found on the ~pot. and with great attention tothechnra.,terof the folia~, which, in the original, is most dclicntdy~nd bc:tutifullyexo:uted. The• two principal r~ngesof bl\"CS arc: more strietl)•oopied from nature, in rc>eoseofanyotlu:reapital. Thetumingoverofthese ]ea,·es illtheonl)•partnot tltorouyhlyauthen tic;~tcd: they are drawn from the fr.~gmenUI found, prestrving their char.>Cter in supplring the terminations. The rO!IC in the centre of theabilcus ill also panlyfT'OfTiprcviousrepn:scntationsofit. bt:ingK"'atlydnmaged. The angle o(thc. ab.-u:us is drawn fr.)nl a fragment in the Capitol, recently fuund.dwhich,.·eha,.eacast:andatA,isarep~nl.ationofanvther,themarbleolwhich"·as foundonthc.spot.andisintheposocssionQ!"johnSanden.. Esq.,ourfellow•tr.ln!llel'".towhosekindnes!i and libcrnlitrweare much indebtcd,ad take this ol'ponunityoftxpn:s:>ing ourvbligationtohimfor much as.~istance in this ••oork. From thi~ it is evident that thfft: ,..ere thre.\\n a quarteT theactu.al size. lti.sgentra.llyoonsideredthattheac.anthusistheleafusedinthedecorntionofCorinthian capital~: but the Pla!e No. XVI I (of Se1>timius S.:\"ci"U!I) aMI LXX (of Tivoli), a~ perhaps more like th.1tplantinnaturethanan)·ofthe,-e,d. Theothcn.thoughbc:autiful inthdrfonnsandarnngcmcm, bc:armorethJ..,...ranceofanthanofnatuo:: PLATE XC I. T tnsViewexhibiu a pan oftlw: excav:ationudC!rtakcninfrontofthcTemplc,-..hcnthesubslructure ofthcoolumn•.andthefouotlnionofthcgr.>.nd Hight ofllcpt bywhkh the Temple ,..as approac:hcd, \O'en::diKOvered. Thellthumius. -..·hich was aftc,....·attb; OOtWcrtecl into an atrium or awruaehtothcpalaceofthe~n.. Albcninot calls it the Tempk: of \'ulcan; and Labacxo, in his Plat~ XX, XXI, and XXll, follow~thclatt.,.opinion; l'alladiocalhit the Tempi
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ARCHITECTURAL ANTIQUITIES ROME O N
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ADVERTISEMENT. T ''~f.:WR~I~:,:·:t
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CON T EN T S OF PART l. OR IG INAl.
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INTRODUCTION AND EXPLANATION OF THE
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