Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building : a general reference work . Fig. 41. The Orders, as we have them to-day, are derived from the meas-urements of existing remains of Classic Greek and Roman mon- 28 STUDY OF THE ORDERS 85 uments. Aside from purposes of actual reproduction and their wholeor partial use on modern buildings, they are most valuable as idealtypes from which the proportions of old and new work may be studiedand estimated. Modern practice and theory do not give to the Orders the impor- MINERmAHENS. ^ly le—2334.—>l«6x^ m

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