. Handbook of ornament; a grammar of art, industrial and architectural designing in all its branches, for practical as well as theoretical use. ndle to the two corner leavessupporting the volutes. The volutes are of the most varied descrip-tions, sometimes replaced by cornucopias, dolphins, chimeras, andother figures (Plates 132. 8 and 133. 5). Leaf-ornaments, vases,garlands, calices of flowers, &c., are arranged at the centres (Plate —8), also masks (Plate 133, 4, 5 and 8). Neckings are rare onCorinthian capitals (Plate 133. 7). The egg-and-dart mouldings,which run along the bottom of An
. Handbook of ornament; a grammar of art, industrial and architectural designing in all its branches, for practical as well as theoretical use. ndle to the two corner leavessupporting the volutes. The volutes are of the most varied descrip-tions, sometimes replaced by cornucopias, dolphins, chimeras, andother figures (Plates 132. 8 and 133. 5). Leaf-ornaments, vases,garlands, calices of flowers, &c., are arranged at the centres (Plate —8), also masks (Plate 133, 4, 5 and 8). Neckings are rare onCorinthian capitals (Plate 133. 7). The egg-and-dart mouldings,which run along the bottom of Antique examples (Plate 132. 4—5),are reminiscences of the Doric style, so that these forms may alsobe regarded as a kind of transition Capital. Plate 132. The Pilaster Capital. 1. Greek-Doric anta, Erechtheum, Athens. 2. Greek-Ionic anta. 3. Greek-Corinthian, 4—6. Roman-Corinthian, (Botticher). 7. Roman-Corinthian, Pantheon, Rome. 8. Roman-Corinthian, Temple of Mars Ultor, Rome, (De Vico). Plate 133. The Pilaster Capital. 1. Corinthian, Italian Renascence, Court of the Scala dei Giganti, Venice, (Wiener Bauhiitte). SUPPORTS. 215. The Pilaster Capital. Plate 132. SUPPORTS
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