[91] Hirt, Geschichte der Baukunst, III, S. 14-18, and II, S. 151.
[92] He refers to the columns placed round.
[93] Gesch. d. Bauk. I, S. 251.
[94] By sebstständig Hegel means apparently that there must be nothing in their external form that would divert attention from their essential character.
[95] Auf dem Unterbau. I presume this means generally that portion beneath the ground.
[96] I presume what is meant is that in one case the drills or grooves are hollowed in round shape and towards the base in square shape.
[97] What is precisely meant by the expression durch prismatische Einschnitte I frankly do not know. The expression Balken is evidently used to mark the association between the slabs of stone and beams or rafters.
[98] That is, the spaces between the lower part of the cornice and the uppermost slab of the entablature.
[99] The coussinet is that part of the Ionic capital between the abacus and quarter round, which serves to form the volute. There are four volutes or spiral scrolls in the Ionic capital.
[100] The mutule is the projecting block worked under the corona of the Doric cornice.