. An encyclopaedia of architecture, historical, theoretical, & practical. New ed., rev., portions rewritten, and with additions by Wyatt Papworth. ft. in. - 4 3 - 6 8-3 3125 11 2793 0 The solid content of entablature 5918 11 which leaves little more than 100 cubical feet of difference between one and the other jand if the crown moulding returned on the flank be comprised, the quantity contained inthe entablature would equal that of the eight columns. The pediment Is omitted altogether in tills calculation, it being in reality, though notin appearance, an additional load for the eight columns b
. An encyclopaedia of architecture, historical, theoretical, & practical. New ed., rev., portions rewritten, and with additions by Wyatt Papworth. ft. in. - 4 3 - 6 8-3 3125 11 2793 0 The solid content of entablature 5918 11 which leaves little more than 100 cubical feet of difference between one and the other jand if the crown moulding returned on the flank be comprised, the quantity contained inthe entablature would equal that of the eight columns. The pediment Is omitted altogether in tills calculation, it being in reality, though notin appearance, an additional load for the eight columns beyond their regular entablature,which is of marble, and weighs probably 452 tons ; the granite columns with their marblebases and capitals are something more than that qnantity, and these, including the entabla-ture and pediment, probably contain upwards of 1000 tons of material. The Capitals of the Caliimns nffhe Pa7ithenii ure admitted to rank among the best examplesfound In Home : though not so highly and elaborately worked as those which decorate thecolumns of the temple of CJuplter Stator) the Dioscuri, yet they are remarkable for the. CAI-ITALS OF THK PANTHEON. Chaf. II. PIlINCirLES OF PK or OUT I ON 957 elegant arrangement of the ornaments: further details will be found in Taylor &Cresys Architectural Antiquities of R&me, whence the dt tails here given have been selected.
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