Corinthian Order
The total height should be divided into six parts. Then the upper sixth is the height of the entablature. A tenth of the remainder will be the diameter of the column.
The capital is one diameter and one-sixth in height exclusive of the necking moulding, and the base is half a diameter high, exclusive of the top fillet.
The division of the entablature is the same as that of the Ionic, and the mouldings, although more elaborate, are similar in character. The architrave and frieze are each three-tenths of the height and the cornice four-tenths.
It will be seen from the foregoing that the diameters of the three orders are respectively one-eighth, one-ninth and one-tenth the heights of the columns, and that the entablature is, in the Doric, two diameters high or one fourth the height of the column; in the Corinthian also two diameters or one-fifth the height of the column. The Ionic is intermediate between the two.