Art. 3. Of publick Places, Basilica’s, Theatres, Gates, Baths, and Academies, 127.
The Fabricks for publick Convenience were of six sorts, I. Market-places of the Greeks of the Romans, [128.] their Proportions; II. Basilica’s, their Proportions, Columns, Galleries, and Chalcediques, [128.] III. Theatres composed of three parts; the Steps or Degrees which enclosed the Orchestra, [129.] the Scene which had three parts, the Pulpit, the Proscenium, [130.] and the Palascenium, [131.] And the Walking-places, [131.] IV. Gates, which were either natural or artificial, built three ways, [132.] V. Baths, consisting of many Chambers, their Description, [133,] [134.] VI. Academies composed of three parts, the Peristyle, [134.] the Xystile, [135.] and the Stadium, [136.]
Chap. II. Of Private Buildings.
Art. 1. Of the Courts of Houses, [137.]
The Courts of Houses were of five sorts, four whereof were made with jettings out, or Pent-houses of four sorts. the Tuscan, [137.] the Corinthian, the Tetrastyle, the Vaulted, [138.] the fifth sort uncoverted, [138.]
Art. 2. Of the Vestibulum or Entry, [139.]
The proportion of the Vestibulum was taken three ways, for the length, breadth, and heighth, [139.] Of the Alley in the middle, [140.]
Art. 3. Of Halls, [140.]
Three sorts of Halls, the Corinthian, the Ægyptian, and the Cyzican, [141.]
Art. 4. Of the Distribution of the Apartments among the Ancients, [142.]