. The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary and Greek lexicon; forming a glossary of all the words representing visible objects connected with the arts, manufactures, and every-day life of the Greeks and Romans, with representations of nearly two thousand objects from the antique. perfect of all struc-tures, the Greek Doric temple. Thereis no base, nor plinth ; the columnsare fluted ; the capital consists of amere abacus; a single beam or archi-trave forms the entablature, and sup-ports a sort of sculptural cornice in-tended to imitate a thatching of reeds;and as there is no frieze (zo
. The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary and Greek lexicon; forming a glossary of all the words representing visible objects connected with the arts, manufactures, and every-day life of the Greeks and Romans, with representations of nearly two thousand objects from the antique. perfect of all struc-tures, the Greek Doric temple. Thereis no base, nor plinth ; the columnsare fluted ; the capital consists of amere abacus; a single beam or archi-trave forms the entablature, and sup-ports a sort of sculptural cornice in-tended to imitate a thatching of reeds;and as there is no frieze (zophorus)between it and the architrave, wemay infer that it is illustrative of aperiod when buildings were merelycovered by an outer roof (tectum)\ without any soffit or ceiling (caelum),for the beams which formed theceiling or under roof were shownexternally by the member subse-quently termed a frieze. [Zophorus.]ABOLLA. A cloak or mantle madeof cloth doubled (Serv. ad Virg. 421.) and fastened by a broochunder the neck or upon the top of theshoulder. It was originally worn bythe military, as in the example fromTrajans column, and therefore wasput on by the inhabitants of the city,instead of the toga, the costume ofcivilians, during periods of turbulenceB 2 4 ABS1S. or foreign invasion (Varro, ap. 538. Mercer) ; but subsequently itcame to be used morecommonly, and by allclasses, as an article (\of the ordinary attire.(Juv. Suet. ) It does not differvery materially fromthe sagum; but wasmade of finer material,and somewhat small-er dimensions, whenceMartial recommendspersons addicted tothieving not to wear an abolla, be-cause it was not large enough to con-ceal the stolen articles beneath Ep. viii. 48. 2. Abolla major. The large wrap-ping blanket of the Greek philoso-phers, more especiallyof the Cynics, who, asthey wore no underclothing, envelopedthemselves for thesake of decency in awrapper of very ampledimensions (Mart. 5
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