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OF THE. ANTO!\INI-: COLUMN AT ROME.
dWncters; thedlminution;tttheupperdiametai'acarttlyperoeptible,beingonlyonefoot,oratwelfth
ofthc]o,.·erdi:uncter. TheTr:~janColumnisonlytenfect nine inchesdiameteratthecop,whilethis
istweh·efeetoneioch;antltheab;~.cuso:xcccdstheformerinextentaboveth~fectc:aehway;the
ruult is greatly in favour of the Tr:~jan Column; while the want of diminution gi\'C:. to the
Antonlnc: the appear.tnreof;~. huge stic:k r:lther th~n an elegant pilbr
mode~~~~ :'e ~:tu';ot~~hl~a~lumn is in part antique, but truncaled; ;~.nd on it is pia~ a
ll The plan of the pedestal. The situation of the original door is at 13.,toward the east; Lhe
modemtlooriseutatthep~ntlevelofthegroundoonsio.ler:~blyabovc,asisseeninthescction,and
onthcsouthside,at H.,onthepl:1n
C. T heplan,takenatthe lowerdiameter.
D. Thcplan,t:lkcnattheuppcrdbmeter.
E.. Theplanof lhepedestal,plaeulonthctopof theColumn,withthedoorthercin
F . The sectionoftheColumn,looking north. In this Lhe half of the modem pedestal and door
arerepresented,andthenumberofacpsrcqui.sitetoarriveatthelevdoftheoriginaldoor; the top of
which was found at the lCliel G. There appear to have been six courses of marble to the original
pcdestai,Cll:clu.sivcofthestepsroundit,••hich,with the lower COUI$C,aresupplied from Pirancsi; the
othcrlivcoourseswefounduligu~. TheshaltoftheColumn,includingbaseandeapital,iseomposed
ofnineteenbloc:ksofwhite m.arble.simibrtotheTrajanColwnn,eachhavingcight$tepsO:Uioutofthe
:oolid;theeapitalbeingasingleblockofmarblc,tev(;nteenfcetfourinchessquare.andlivefectdecp
The st:Urcase is lighted by loop-holes, as reprecntcd, none of the ancient mouldings of the pedestal
mnain,andtheomamcnu~al l cutaway.