. An encyclopaedia of architecture, historical, theoretical, & practical. New ed., rev., portions rewritten, and with additions by Wyatt Papworth. The plan is nearly a square,whose nortli-west and south-west angles are truncated at angles of forty-five degrees,for the introduction of stairs. The leading lines are an inscribed square whose sidesare equal to two thirds of the internal width, the remaining sixth on each side beingassigned to the intercolumniations between the columns and the pilasters on the in-ternal walls. The columns, twelve in number, are placed within the sides of the inscri
. An encyclopaedia of architecture, historical, theoretical, & practical. New ed., rev., portions rewritten, and with additions by Wyatt Papworth. The plan is nearly a square,whose nortli-west and south-west angles are truncated at angles of forty-five degrees,for the introduction of stairs. The leading lines are an inscribed square whose sidesare equal to two thirds of the internal width, the remaining sixth on each side beingassigned to the intercolumniations between the columns and the pilasters on the in-ternal walls. The columns, twelve in number, are placed within the sides of the inscribedsipiare, and at the angles are coupled at intervals of one diameter. The order is Corinthian ;the columns are fluted, and crowned by an enrichpd entablature one quarter of their space thus enclosed by the columns continues in a clerestory above, pierced on thetour sides by semicircular windows, whose diameters are ecjual to one of tiie wide interco-lumniations below. The height of this, including its entablature, is one half tiiat of thelower order ; thus, with its pedestal, making the total height of the central part of the.
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