. Report on the investigations at Assos, 1882, 1883, pt. I . e displays much greater irregularities thanthis in the dimensions of individual members. In regard to the details of the construction, it can only bepresumed, from the striking analogy of the Theseion, that astrong under-tie, higher, but not of greater width, than theother transverse beams, was carried across the sides, in theline of the rear wall of the cella. As in all other Doric temples, the beams were arrangedentirely without reference to the axes of the supports. Con- INVESTIGATIONS AT ASSOS, 1883. 117 trary as this is to our o
. Report on the investigations at Assos, 1882, 1883, pt. I . e displays much greater irregularities thanthis in the dimensions of individual members. In regard to the details of the construction, it can only bepresumed, from the striking analogy of the Theseion, that astrong under-tie, higher, but not of greater width, than theother transverse beams, was carried across the sides, in theline of the rear wall of the cella. As in all other Doric temples, the beams were arrangedentirely without reference to the axes of the supports. Con- INVESTIGATIONS AT ASSOS, 1883. 117 trary as this is to our own statical, and too often mechanical,system of design, it is by no means unjustifiable upon aestheticconsiderations. The transverse beams, it must be borne inmind, were situated more than five feet above the tops of thecolumns, and the want of agreement with these is muchmore apparent in the drawn plan (Fig. 22), than it can havebeen in reality. The coffered beams which formed the ceiling above thevestibule were longer than those of the pteroma, each con-.
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