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Donaldson, Thomas Leverton, 1795-1885 / A collection of the most approved examples of doorways : from ancient buildings in Greece and Italy, expressly measured and delineated for this work, preceded by an essay on the usages of the ancients respecting doorways; a new translation of the chapter of Vitruvius on the subject, with the original text taken from an ancient and valuable m.s. in the British museum; and copious descriptions of the plates
(1833)
Chapter III. Description of the plates, pp. [29]-47 ff.
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TABULAR SCALE. Shewing the relative proportions of the several parts of doors, as ascertained in the various antique examples illustrated in this chapter, both decimally and according to their actual dimensions. N.B.-In the decimal computation, the width of the foot of the architrave is assumed as unit 1.0. Decimally. DORIC EXAMPLES. Portico of Caryatides at Athens. Cephaledium Sicily ........... Apothecary's House Pompeii .... Portico of Eumachia ditto. ....... Columna Trajana ............ Cephahedium Sicily .. ........ Ditto ditto. ......... Temple of Hercules Cora. IONIC AND CORINTHIAN EXAMPLES. 'Tetrastyle Ionic Temple Agrigentum. Tomb of Theron ditto. . Temple of Vesta Tivoli...... Pantheon Rome .. ......... *Tetrastyle Portico Acropolis Athens. By actual dimensions. In these two examples the three first computations are by calculation, but may be relied upon as sufficiently near the truth, being founded upon a strict adherence to existing data, more particularly explained in the description of those plates. 1039 noacetNoe ..0. "7 4.0 'f N-90 1.0 4.0 '.4" .11.7 3.10. 5 0 2.. 0.0 1.0 3.15. 8.19 None 2.5 L. 1. 4 3.. 6. 3 9- 0. 7"5 Noe 2.. 3.5 1.0 5.8 11.6 None None .. 4. 5 S.. 4. 5 16.. 0. 0 Nn None 1.0 5.62 11.24 None None 7. 1 3.. 4. 9 6.. 7. 8 None None 1.0 2.9 None 1.. 3. 3 3.. 8. 5 0 N e None 1.0 4.45 2.85 10. 6 3.. 9. 0 2.. 6.3 1.0 4.177 8.64 .193 2.5 1-10. 5 7-10. 0 16.. 2. 4 4.3 C. 0.55 1.0 4.198 10.66 .62 1.95 1.. 6 0 6.. 3. 57, 16. 10. 1712..31.2 1 647 14.17 856 } .5 0.. 5. 9 3... 2. 5 6_1.n. 0 4. 5 1.L. 2.75 1.0 4.678 10.7 .23 2.27 1 8 2f 7 10. 5 18.. . 5 8 not 7.7 15.46 None 2.93 2.. . 4. 38.11. Nonne 17 4.5 1.0 5.039 1.6 .288 1.936 1.. 7.35 8.. 1. 5 16-11. N n1e
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