. An encyclopaedia of architecture, historical, theoretical, & practical. New ed., rev., portions rewritten, and with additions by Wyatt Papworth. all the rulesgiven by our great master are exemplified in it, we here jilace the plan (Jic/. 1 23.) of theforuin there before the reader, so that he may have a com))lete notion of the from the gate of Hereulaneuin, the principal street leads to its north-west corner, 9«) HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE. Book I wlienoe the access to it is bj a flight of steps downwards, through an arch in a brick wall,still paitialiy covered with stucco.
. An encyclopaedia of architecture, historical, theoretical, & practical. New ed., rev., portions rewritten, and with additions by Wyatt Papworth. all the rulesgiven by our great master are exemplified in it, we here jilace the plan (Jic/. 1 23.) of theforuin there before the reader, so that he may have a com))lete notion of the from the gate of Hereulaneuin, the principal street leads to its north-west corner, 9«) HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE. Book I wlienoe the access to it is bj a flight of steps downwards, through an arch in a brick wall,still paitialiy covered with stucco. It has been conjectured with probability, that the en-trances to it were occasionally closed, from the remains of iron gates having been foundat some of them. A smaller passage occurs to the right of the arch just mentioned, anda fountain attached to the wall between them. A is supposed to have been a temple ofVenus; B, a public granary; C, a temple of Jujiiter; D, probably a Senaculiim, orcouncil chamber ; K, a temjjle to Mercury ; F, a Chalcidicum ; GG, curix; H, treasury;I, triumplial arch ; K, ara;ostyle portico with ambulatory rifi. IM. JM. Tmimplud Arches The Romans were the first ])eople who erected triinnplial [irches ; their earliest examples being extremely simple and j)lain. A plain arch with a statue[>f the victorand his tro])hies on the summit, was for a long period the only method arch by degrees expanded in after times, the style became enriched, and the whole wasiit length loaded with a profusion of every sort of ornament. Latterly they were a rect-mgular mass (see/?//. 124. of the arch of (onstantine), penetrated by three arches, a centraldud two smaller side ones. The U])per ]iart consisted of a very high attic, frequentlycovered with inscriptions and has reliefs, statues, triumphal cars and ornaments of that keystones were sometimes decorated with figures of victory. Of the triumphal archestliat remain there are three class
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