Manual of Egyptian archæology and guide to the study of antiquities in EgyptFor the use of students and travellers . IRREGULAR PROPORTIONS OF COLUMNS. 71 round the bulb. At the Ramesseum shaft andcapital measure 35 feet, round the bulb 6| is a similar irregularity in the arrangementof the architraves ; their height is determined bythe taste of the architect or the necessities of thebuilding. So also with the spacing of columns. Not. Fig. Section of hypostyle hall at Karnak, showing the arrangements of the campaniform and lotus-bud columns. only do the intercolumnar spaces vary
Manual of Egyptian archæology and guide to the study of antiquities in EgyptFor the use of students and travellers . IRREGULAR PROPORTIONS OF COLUMNS. 71 round the bulb. At the Ramesseum shaft andcapital measure 35 feet, round the bulb 6| is a similar irregularity in the arrangementof the architraves ; their height is determined bythe taste of the architect or the necessities of thebuilding. So also with the spacing of columns. Not. Fig. Section of hypostyle hall at Karnak, showing the arrangements of the campaniform and lotus-bud columns. only do the intercolumnar spaces vary greatly in dif-ferent temples and chambers, but in some instances,as in the first court of Medinet Habu, they vary inthe same portico. This was the case when thevarious architectural types were employed separately,when they were associated in the same building ; itwa? not considered necessary to give them fixed 72 RELIGIOUS ARCHITECTURE. proportions in harmony with each other. In thehypostyle hall of Karnak the campaniform columnssupport the highest part, and the lotus-bud columnsare relegated to the lower aisles (fig. ^y^. In thetemple of Khonsu there are halls where the lotuscolumn is the highest, and others where the cam-paniform columns are the loftiest. x^t Medamotall the columns that still remain are of uniformheight. Egypt never had definite orders of archi-tecture such as Greece possessed. Her architectsattempted all possible
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