1. ARCADES AND ARCHES.

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I2 = 'i3"2, are a little more than two thirds the areas of the whole void; a proportion
whicli, if we are to rely on the approval of ages in its application, will be found near the
limits of what is beautiful.
2620. We shall now refer to the examples of Vignola alluded to ; but to save the repe-
tition of figures in their numbers, as referred to, each case is supposed in what immediately
follows as unconnected with tlie entablatures which they exhibit, it being our intention to
take those into separate consideration.
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2621. Suppose the Tuscan example
(Jiff.
899.)
without an entablature, we have tlie
Supports, 9-75 X 3 = 29-25
The whole of rectangle above them, 4-2.5 x
9-5 = 40-375
T

u
C-5xG-5x 7854 ,
Less semi-arch,

= 16-6
23-775
53 025 solid parts.
The area of the void is 16-6+ 9-75 x 6-5 = 79-97, whereof 53-025, the portion of solid
parts, is not widely different from two thirds.
In Vignola's Doric example,
(Jiff.
900. ),
again without the entablature, we have
Supports, 10-5x3 = 31-50
The_whole rectangle above them, 5-3 x 10-0 = 55*00
7x7x-78n4
'2 Less semi-arch. = 19-24
35-76
67-26 solid parts.
The area of the void is 19-24+ 10-5 x 7 =92-74, whereof 67-26, the portion of solid parts,
is not much different from two-thirds.
In the Ionic example
(Jiff.
901.), still without considering the entablature, the following
will result :

Supports, 12-64 X 2-66=

33 61
The whole rectangle above them, 10-88 x 5-2 =5657
J
.
,
C-4xG-4x 7854
,_
Less semi-arch, = 16-08
40-49
74-10 solid parts.
The area of the void is 1608 + 1 2-G4 x 7-1 = 105-82, whereof 74-10, the portion of
solid parts, dift'err. little in amount from two thirds of the void.
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