This Order different from the Ionick in nothing but in the Capitals of Pillars, being otherwise composed of the Dorick and Ionick; the proportion of the Capital, [109.] in which are to be consider'd its heighth, its breadth at the bottom, the Leafs, Stalks, the Volutes, and the Roses, [109.] Of the Ornaments, [110.]
Art. 9. Of the Compound Order, [110.]
The Compound is not described by Vitruvius, it being a general Design, and borrows the parts of the Capital (which is the only distinction it has) from the Corinthian, Ionick, and Dorick Orders, [111.]
THE SECOND PART,
Containing the Architecture that was particular to the Ancients.
Chap. I. Of publick Buildings.
Art. 1. Of Fortresses, [113.]
In Fortification four things are consider'd; the disposition of the Ramparts; the Figure of the whole place, [114.] the building of the Walls; thickness, materials, and terrass; the figure and disposition of the Towers, [115,] [116.]
Art. 2. Of Temples, 116.
Temples divided in the Greek and Tuscan Fashion; of the Greek some were round, and some square; in the square Temples of the Greeks three things are to be considered; 1. the Parts, which are five, the Porch, the Posticum, [117.] the Middle, the Portico, and the Gates, which were of three sorts, viz. Dorick, [118.] Jonick, [120.] and Attick, 120. 2. The Proportion, [121.] and 3. The Aspect, in respect to the Heavens, [122.] and to its own parts, which were different in Temples with Pillars, and those without Pillars; of Temples with Pillars there are eight sorts, [122,] [123,] [124.] Round Temples were of two sorts, Monoptere, [125.] Periptere, [126.] Temples of the Tuscane Fashion, [126.] The Ancients had fourteen sorts of Temples, [127.]