9 6 The Ordonnance of the Part II.

Chap.V. which suits not well with an Order, that, in general, is the lightestand most delicate of ail.

Th e Entablature, as in all the other Orders except the Doric, isdivided into twenty Parts, of which, six are given to the Archi-trave, as many to the Freeze, and eight to the Cornice. TheseProportions are different in Authors: for the Freeze is leis than theArchitrave in the Temple of Bacchus, in the Arch of Septimius, andthat of the Goldsmiths, in Balladio, Scamoggj, Serlio, and Viola: butthese two Parts are equal in the Arch of Titus, and in Vignola.

The Composite Architrave is more different from the Corinthian ,than the Corinthian is from the Ionic, having but two Faces, betweenwhich, there is a small Ogee, and instead of the great Cyma abovewith its Astragal, there is a Quarter-round between an Astragaland a Hollow. To find the Heights of these Members, the wholeArchitrave is divided into eighteen Parts, as in the Corinthian Order,of which, five are given to the first Face, one to the little Ogee a-bove it, seven to the second Face, half a Part to the small Astragalnext upon it, one Part and a half to the Quarter-round, and threeto the Hollow, of which, the Fillet has one and a quarter. TheProjecture is of two Fifths of the little Module, as in the CorinthianArchitrave.

The Proportions and Character of this Architrave, have muchConformity with what we find in the Architrave of the Frontispieceof Nero, and of the Basilic of Antoninus, from whence, Balladio andVignok have modelsd the Architrave of their Composite Order, tho',in both these Structures, the Capital is Corinthian. But the Truth is,that in all the Antique Remains of the Composite Order, the Archi-trave is very different from this : for in the Temple of Bacchus, thethree Faces are quite plain, without any Separation by Astragals;in the Arch of Septimius , there are indeed but two Faces, but theCyma above, is an Ogee with an Astragal, a s in the CorinthianOrder, and in the Arch of Titus, it is all perfectly Corinthian.

The Freeze has nothing particular, except that in the Templeof Bacchus it is round, which Balladio has imitated; and that inthe Arch of Septimius , it is join’d to the Architrave with a largeSweep. The Freeze of the Frontispiece of Nero, which I have fol-low’d, has also a Sweep, but it is above; the Sweep I give it ismuch less, being only made to join the Naked of the Freeze to thefirst Member or the Cornice, which, being a Fillet, usually requiresa Sweep, for the better Conjunction of it to the Mouldings, orMembers, upon which it is plac'd; and ’tis probable the Sweep ofthe Frontilpiece of Nero was made so large as it is, because thisFreeze is enrich’d with Sculpture of a considerable Thickness, andthe Sweep prevents that ill Effect which the Carving produces in

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