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CHAP. XI.

Of the TrojeBure which the Cornices of Entablatures ought

, to have.

ITGUUPlUS gives one general Rule forall the Projectures of the Members of. Architecture: namely, that their Proje-cture should be always equal to theirHeight; but 'tis certain, this ought to beunderstood only of the Projecture of theentire Cornices of Entablatures, withrespect to their Height: because there areparticular Members in Cornices, as theDentel, whose Projecture is much less than its Height j and others,as the Corona, where it is always much greater: And this Rule,even for entire Cornices, we do not find exactly observ d, neitherin the Antique , nor among the Moderns : For most commonly, inthe Antique , the Projecture of Cornices, is somewhat less than theirHeight, contrary to what we fee in the Books of the Modems^where the greatest part of Cornices have more Projecture thanHeight.

Most Architects are of Opinion, that the main Point of Archi-tecture consists in knowing how to change the Proportions withDiscretion, thus, with regard to the different Circumstances of theDiversity of Aspects, and the Size of Buildings; for they pretend,that some require greater Projectures in their Cornices than others,on account of the Nearness or Remoteness which makes a Diffe-rence of View, as well as of the Height or Lowness, making the

Projectures