Fig. liv.
FIGURA Quinquagesimaquarta.
Vestigia ædificii Ordinis Corinthii.
Descripturi ædificium Corinthium octangulare, ponimus hic vestigia unius ex quatuor partibus pilarum, quibus imponetur fornix in modum tholi, ut constabit in figurâ quinquagesimaoctava. Ad faciliorem descriptionem, in parte inferiori paginæ posui vestigium geometricum stylobatæ, in superiori vestigium geometricum coronicis, cum latitudinibus & longitudinibus membrorum singulorum; ut eas transferendo in lineam plani more consueto, utrumque vestigium opticè deformetur. Ad vitandam confusionem, prius notare oportebit puncta quæ spectant ad membra propinquiora solido parieti, deinde alia.
The Fifty-fourth FIGURE.
The Plan of a Design of the Corinthian Order.
Being to describe an Octangular Corinthian Work, I have here inserted the Plan of one Quarter of the Composition; which is vaulted in Form of a Cupola, as is seen in the Fifty-eighth Figure. To render the Plan less confus’d, I have, in the lower part of the Plate, given the Geometrical Plan of the Pedestal; and in the upper part, that of the Cornice; with the Breadths and Lengths of each Member: so that by transferring the same into the Ground-line, after the usual Manner; you delineate each Plan in Perspective. For avoiding Confusion, ’twill be requisite first, to transfer the Points of those Members that are next the Solidity of the Wall; and then proceed to the others.