The British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 1Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809 - Natural history |
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... cymatium . Other names are particularly applied to the or- ders , and are explained under that head . Tuscan Order . Lowry sculp . Plate II . 111. Iron is used for cramping stones , some- times in binding the face and back of a wall ...
... cymatium . Other names are particularly applied to the or- ders , and are explained under that head . Tuscan Order . Lowry sculp . Plate II . 111. Iron is used for cramping stones , some- times in binding the face and back of a wall ...
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... cymatium , and equidistant triglyph , leaving square recesses between them called metopes ; and the cornice , consisting of mutules over the triglyphs and over the metopes ; the corona formed of a band and cymatium above ; and the sima ...
... cymatium , and equidistant triglyph , leaving square recesses between them called metopes ; and the cornice , consisting of mutules over the triglyphs and over the metopes ; the corona formed of a band and cymatium above ; and the sima ...
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... cymatium : the parts of the cornice as seen in front are the corona , including its cymatium , and sima . ' The ca- pital , or cymatium of the frize , is wrought under the cornice , and consists of a sima reversa , and bead below it ...
... cymatium : the parts of the cornice as seen in front are the corona , including its cymatium , and sima . ' The ca- pital , or cymatium of the frize , is wrought under the cornice , and consists of a sima reversa , and bead below it ...
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... cymatium , or upper mouldings , may be sup- posed to be about a fourth part of the whole entablature ; for if higher than this , the en- tablature would be too great a portion of the columns for any analogy we are ac- quainted with . In ...
... cymatium , or upper mouldings , may be sup- posed to be about a fourth part of the whole entablature ; for if higher than this , the en- tablature would be too great a portion of the columns for any analogy we are ac- quainted with . In ...
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... cymatium , and also that of the frize , are introduced below the con- soles ; which in this application are called modillions . This disposition is inverting the order of the origina ! but , and also the de- scription given by Vitruvius ...
... cymatium , and also that of the frize , are introduced below the con- soles ; which in this application are called modillions . This disposition is inverting the order of the origina ! but , and also the de- scription given by Vitruvius ...
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