Rudiments of Ancient Architecture, Containing an Historic Account of the Five Orders, with Their Propositions, and Examples of Each from Antiques; ALS - Softcover

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1821 Excerpt: ... 4th, the cyma recta; 5th, the cavetto, or hollow; 6th, the ovolo, or quarter round; 7th, the scotia; 8th, the torus. See Plate 8. For general observations on mouldings, their dispositions, &c. see page 41, &c. Mutule, an ornament in the Doric cornice, answering to a modillion in the Corinthian. N. Naumachia, the representation of a sea fight, which was at first made in the circus niaximus, but afterwards elsewhere. Augustus dug a lake for this purpose near the Tiber; and Domitian „ built a Naval Theatre. Niche, a cavity or hollow in a wall for statues, &c. Nymphveum, grottos, or buildings ornamented with statues, fountains, &c. and dedicated to the nymphs. These were perhaps occasionally the entrance to private or retired baths. O. Octastyle, an edifice having eight columns in front. Odeum, a structure built by Pericles, at Athens, for the performance of music. Plutarch says it had within many rows of seats and of pillars. The roof was of a conical figure, after the model of the king of Persia's pavillion. (Eci, halls. See the account of the Roman houses. Ogee, a cyma reversa. Order, in Architecture, a column entire, consisting of base, shaft, and capital, with an entablature. Por a particular account of each order, see the beginning of this work. Ova, or ovum. See Echinus. Ovolo, a moulding which projects one quarter of a circle, called also a quarter round. See Plate 8. P. Palm. See Measure. Paljestra, or Gymnasium, a Grecian structure, in its use answering nearly to the baths of the Romans; it was more extensive, being intended principally for bodily exercises, and formed a part of the civil establishment of the Greeks. The first part, as one may say, consisted of a large Peristyle; under the porticos were spacious exhedrae, with seats, where the r...