. The Civil engineer and architect's journal, scientific and railway gazette. Architecture; Civil engineering; Science. 86 THE CIVIL ENGINEER AND ARCHITECTS JOURNAL. [Makch, by an ancient epigram on (he statue of Jupiter in ivory and Rold, in a tem. pie similar to the I'arlheuon, namely, that if the god rose he would carry the roof with him; while the eiilire closing the roof and consequent ex- clusion of the best light for a statue, the light of day, seems very impro- bable- A partial opening admitting light, by the means of some semi- transparent substance, appears in the absence of all proo
. The Civil engineer and architect's journal, scientific and railway gazette. Architecture; Civil engineering; Science. 86 THE CIVIL ENGINEER AND ARCHITECTS JOURNAL. [Makch, by an ancient epigram on (he statue of Jupiter in ivory and Rold, in a tem. pie similar to the I'arlheuon, namely, that if the god rose he would carry the roof with him; while the eiilire closing the roof and consequent ex- clusion of the best light for a statue, the light of day, seems very impro- bable- A partial opening admitting light, by the means of some semi- transparent substance, appears in the absence of all proof the most feasible supposition. As to the columns that supported the roof equal obscurity exists, the most probable supposition being the last one on the subject, and which has only been lately brought to light on destroying the mosque, in 1814. M. Pittakis, in a letter to me on the subject, gives it as his belief, that the traces of Doric columns found on this removal of the mosque, with a diameter of fire feet, supported an upper tier of the Ionic order. This statement of the diameter of the lower or Doric tier, being of the proportions of live feet in diameter, is confirmed by the personal observations of Mr. ISracebridge, and of Mr. Penrose. On the other hand, in letters read at this Institution, from Mr. Knowles, a month since, the diameter is given at 3ft. 7J in. I am at a loss to account for this great discrepancy on a subject so interest, ing, and apparently so easy to be ascertained. Now admitting the Doric to have been the original structure, and live feet the diameter, it then appears from the following diagram that there would be no space for an upper tier, for if it be an Ionic one, it must have been disproportionately 8niall compared with the bulky Doric below. Supposing the Doric to hare been used, I am rather disposed to believe that an upper tier could not have been used, but that some other architectural feature must here be substituted. No. 1. No. 2. No. 3.
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