9 2 The Ordonnance of the Part IL

Chap.V. thought that this Part, which is very considerable, join d with theCapital, would sufficiently distinguish this Order from all the others.But the Truth is, this Entablature is somewhat massy, for an Or rder that ought to be more delicate than the Corinthian , unless we wistfay that this Grofness has respect to that of the Capital, which isreally less delicate than the Corinthian : Tis not therefore withoutReason, that Scamozgi places the Composite under the Corinthian, asit is in the Arch of Lions at Verona. This Composite Cornice is veryfit for Entablatures of Buildings, that have neither Columns norPilasters, as there was formerly one on the outside of the Louyre;

The Modem Architects have given this Order its Proportions,which Vitruvius had not done, having only design d its Character,when he fays its Capital is, composed of several Parts taken from theDoric , Ionic, and Corinthian : and as he makes no Alteration in theProportions, either of the Capital, or of the rest of the Column,he does not allow that this Composition makes an Order differentfrom the others. But Serlio, and most of the Moderns , give anotherProportion to the Composite Column, and make it higher than theCorinthian.

I t has been said, that according to the Augmentation of Heightsgiven to the Orders, in proportion as they become more delicate,the whole Composite Order has forty-six little Modules, of which,the Pedestal has ten; the Column, with its Base and Capital thir-ty, and the Entablature six.

BASE The Base of the Pedestal, with its Plinth or Zocolo, has, as in allof the the other Orders, the fourth Part of the entire Pedestal, and with-

Pedestal. out the Zocolo, the third of the whole Base. This Base consists ofsix Members besides the Plinth, as the Corinthian does of five : theseare a Torus, a small Astragal, an inverted Cyma with its Fillet, alarge Astragal and a Fillet, making a Sweep to the Naked of theDie. For the Heights of these Members, divide this Part of theBase, without the Zocolo, into ten Parts, giving three to the To-rus, one to the small Astragal, half a Part to the Fillet of the Cyma,three and a half to the Cyma, one and a half to the large Astragal,and half a Part to the Fillet, whence springs the Sweep. The Pre-fectures being taken, as formerly, by the fifth Part of the little Mo-dule, one is for the large Astragal, two and two Thirds for theFillet of the Cyma, the Projectures of the Torus being equal tothat of the whole Base, which is the fame as its Height.

The Proportions and the Character of this Base are different inthe Antique, as well as in Modern Authors. In the Arch of Titus , itis compos’d of ten Members, among which there is a Scotia ; inthat of Septimius it has but four Members, and in the GoldsmithsArch, it has five, Scamozzf gives his Corinthian Order the Base

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