The encyclopædia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information . river plant, between which and the tops of theflutes (which here are turned over as leaves) is a sinking whichwas probably filled with a metal band. From the lower range ofleaves spring eight acanthus leaves, bending forward at the top,with small flowers between, representing the heads of nailswhich in the metal prototype fastened these leaves to the bell;from the caulicolae, on the right and left, spring spiral tendrilsrising to the angles under the abacus, and from the same caulicolaedouble spir
The encyclopædia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information . river plant, between which and the tops of theflutes (which here are turned over as leaves) is a sinking whichwas probably filled with a metal band. From the lower range ofleaves spring eight acanthus leaves, bending forward at the top,with small flowers between, representing the heads of nailswhich in the metal prototype fastened these leaves to the bell;from the caulicolae, on the right and left, spring spiral tendrilsrising to the angles under the abacus, and from the same caulicolaedouble spirals which cross to the centre of the bell, the upper onescarrying the anthemion flower, which rises across the abacus in this capital has a deep scotia with fillet, and anechinus above, and is one of the few great examples in whichthe angles are canted. The architrave, frieze and cornice areadaptations from the Ionic order. The corona has in the placeof the cymatium a cresting of antefixae, which is purely decora-tive, as there are no covering tiles, the roof of the monument being. Fig. 5.—GreekCorinthian OrderChoragic monu-ment ofLysicrates. JL X Fig. 6. in one block of marble carved with leaves. Set back and on thesame plane as the architrave and frieze is a second cresting withthe Greek wave scroll. There are other types of Greek Corinthiancapital, of which the finest example is in the interior of theTholos at Epidaurus (c. 400 ), with two rows of leaves roundthe lower part, angle and central spirals, and a flower in the centreof the abacus. Of other examples the capitals of the interiorof the temple of Apollo Branchidae in Asia Minor, and of thevestibule at Eleusis, and of the two porches of the temple of theWinds at Athens, are the best known. Except for the pointedends of the abacus, which are Greek, the capital of the temple ofZeus Olympius might almost be classed among the Romanexamples, and it is thought to have been the model copied by theRomans from
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