Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building : a general reference work . SCAMOZZP 213 206 STUDY OF THE ORDERS In the Roman colonies and in Syria, the Ionic Order seems tohave been employed longer than in Rome itself, possibly because of thedifficulty of carving the elaborate Corinthian capital which had laterso much vogue. Examples of the Ionic capital carrying the cantedvolute on the angle, are very rare. At the large size in which thisOrder was employed by th^ Romans, the awkwardness of this angulartreatment of the Ionic Capital undoubtedly became more apparent, andfor this reason th
Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building : a general reference work . SCAMOZZP 213 206 STUDY OF THE ORDERS In the Roman colonies and in Syria, the Ionic Order seems tohave been employed longer than in Rome itself, possibly because of thedifficulty of carving the elaborate Corinthian capital which had laterso much vogue. Examples of the Ionic capital carrying the cantedvolute on the angle, are very rare. At the large size in which thisOrder was employed by th^ Romans, the awkwardness of this angulartreatment of the Ionic Capital undoubtedly became more apparent, andfor this reason they may have avoided its use whenever it was , during the Renaissance, an Ionic capital with the angular vo-lute treatment on the four corners came into general use, it was calledthe Scamozzi capital, after the architect who first most frequently. Fig. it, for the purpose of distinguishing it from the more usualClassic form. The actual treatment of this capital as used byScamozzi himself is shown in Fig. 120. The earlier Roman Ionic Orders were evidently made by Greekworkmen; and the capital from Pompeii shown in Fig. 121 clearlyevidences this fact. In this example—that of an attached column—arather interesting treatment of the volute on the angle is shown. Seenfrom the front, the volute is canted after the same fashion as it wouldbe in order to make all four—or in this case, three—elevations of thecapital agree; but on the end the roll is still employed, although treatedin a somewhat free manner. The Base. The base of the column shafts of the Ionic Order 214
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