Handbook of archaeology, Egyptian - Greek - Etruscan - Roman . wer, which contained the wine for libation. patera, or bowl, into which the wine was poured before it wasthrown upon the altar. They were^als^_^rnamentedjwith heads ^fvictiins^_roses, bas-reliefs, the subject of which was relative to +hesacrifices. Section V.—COLUMNS.—OBELISKS. Columns : A column is a cylindrical pillar, which serves eitherfor the support or ornament of a building, and is composed of theshaft, or body of the column, of a head, or capital, and of a foot, orbase. At first they were made of wood, and afterwards
Handbook of archaeology, Egyptian - Greek - Etruscan - Roman . wer, which contained the wine for libation. patera, or bowl, into which the wine was poured before it wasthrown upon the altar. They were^als^_^rnamentedjwith heads ^fvictiins^_roses, bas-reliefs, the subject of which was relative to +hesacrifices. Section V.—COLUMNS.—OBELISKS. Columns : A column is a cylindrical pillar, which serves eitherfor the support or ornament of a building, and is composed of theshaft, or body of the column, of a head, or capital, and of a foot, orbase. At first they were made of wood, and afterwards of stone and COLUMNS. 39 marble. Columns at first were but supports, but taste and the pro-gress of the arts ornamented them afterwards, and the difference ofthe ornaments, and of the proportions which were given to thedifferent parts of the column, constitute the different classic orders,which have been reduced to five:—Greek orders—Doric, Ionic, andCorinthian. Roman orders—Tuscan, Roman, or Composite. Speci-mens of almost all these orders
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