Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building : a general reference work . ^PANTHEDN^ PLATE LVII.(A reproduction at small size of Portfolio Plate LVIL). to <o E- o s CO - f:: Q en O J 2 STUDY OF THE ORDERS 239 shown at the right of this drawing is sufficiently distinguished andexact. ROMAN PEDIMENTS Fig. 142 shows two methods of proportioning a pediment. Theupper one is the Renaissance custom that is shown by SerUo; the loweris a method given by the Roman architect and writer, Vitruvius. Of these two methods the lower is more appropriate to buildingsof tremendous size, such as those e

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Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building : a general reference work . ^PANTHEDN^ PLATE LVII.(A reproduction at small size of Portfolio Plate LVIL). to <o E- o s CO - f:: Q en O J 2 STUDY OF THE ORDERS 239 shown at the right of this drawing is sufficiently distinguished andexact. ROMAN PEDIMENTS Fig. 142 shows two methods of proportioning a pediment. Theupper one is the Renaissance custom that is shown by SerUo; the loweris a method given by the Roman architect and writer, Vitruvius. Of these two methods the lower is more appropriate to buildingsof tremendous size, such as those erected by the Romans; while the •PEDIMENT^ .PRDPORTlONcS -

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