Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building : a general reference work . placethe two principal faces of the ordi-nary capital at right angles to eachother, the volutes on the outer cornerfollowing the same method in thatone angle as on the four angles ofthe capital just described, and thetwo volutes at the other ends beingkept in plane wdth the architraveabove. This also brings the tworolls or lateral faces at right angles toeach other, and requires a certaindislocation of their elements, whichmay be better seen in Fig. 63,where two capitals from the Templeon the Ilissus at Athens are
Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building : a general reference work . placethe two principal faces of the ordi-nary capital at right angles to eachother, the volutes on the outer cornerfollowing the same method in thatone angle as on the four angles ofthe capital just described, and thetwo volutes at the other ends beingkept in plane wdth the architraveabove. This also brings the tworolls or lateral faces at right angles toeach other, and requires a certaindislocation of their elements, whichmay be better seen in Fig. 63,where two capitals from the Templeon the Ilissus at Athens are shownside by side, one of these being thaton the corner, and the other theordinary capital of the Greeks themselves seemed tofavor this latter solution, and inmost instances employed this schemeon the capitals at the angles of theirbuildings. Perhaps this was partlybecause it allowed them the use ofthe decorated Ionic form, to whichtiiey were especially partial. The Plain Ionic Capital. Thereare two kinds of capital used withthe Athenian Greek Ionic Orders, 92.
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