The encyclopædia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information . re- as- s-1—. n n r~\ n | Fig. 12.—The Composite Order; Arch of Septimus Severus. had twenty-four flutes with arrises, and rested on a squareplinth, and in the capital the echinus was only about one-twelfthof the diameter, the shallowest known. The frieze was dividedby triglyphs, there being four between those over the axis ofeach column; the correct number in the Greek Doric order beingone. In the theatre of Marcellus there were three triglyphs;the impost pier was f diameter, thus giving greater
The encyclopædia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information . re- as- s-1—. n n r~\ n | Fig. 12.—The Composite Order; Arch of Septimus Severus. had twenty-four flutes with arrises, and rested on a squareplinth, and in the capital the echinus was only about one-twelfthof the diameter, the shallowest known. The frieze was dividedby triglyphs, there being four between those over the axis ofeach column; the correct number in the Greek Doric order beingone. In the theatre of Marcellus there were three triglyphs;the impost pier was f diameter, thus giving greater solidityto the wall, but resulting in a narrower opening. The originally a second arcade above that now existing, with l82 ORDER semi-detached columns of the Ionic order, and these are found inthe upper storey of the theatre of Marcellus, the earliest exampleexisting of the superposed orders. A certain proportion existsbetween the orders employed, thus the upper diameter of theDoric column (which is 7 J diameters high with a diminution ofbetween one-fifth and one-sixth of the lower diamet
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