ct Roman Work and Temple .

Vitr. lib.

Vitr. lib. J.cap. i.

Bern. Bald, inAnt&.

Vitruvius tells us, that the Romans in their Works used Tar aflat a ;which, faith Thilander, flunt Tils quadrats, are square Supporters. cap '

Vitruvius tells us that the Romans in their Works used Ants,

Which, fay Thilander and Baldo both, flunt quadra? Columns, aresquare Pillars.

Hear with these, this Doctor's* Laet, Tofl Columms flequuntur Laeu p . ,,,me a diflributione Ants, (< vulgo Tylaflers:) After Pillars in my Distri-bution follow Ants, {vulgarly Tylaflers.) Viola likewise informs us,that, Le Colonne &c. fi fanno di due florti, cibe tonde, dr quadran- viol. lib. z. cap:golari i le quadrangolari flono chiamate Attiche, perche fi dice, eflfler Kvenute d’ Athene ; Columns are made of two forts, to wit, round andquadrangular , the quadrangular are called Atticks, because it’s laid,they came from Athens. And Tliny as formerly cited, shall acquaintyou also, that the ancient Romans had Tylaflers in use among them,

His Words being, Over and besides these (meaning the four Ordersremembred before) there be others of the Attick Fashion, and thesebe made of four Corners, and the Sides arc equal. And if thesebe not Tylaflers, I know not what arc. But, peradventure, it maybe objected, that these were a direct Square, and those in our Anti-quity are twice the Breadth: It’s true, and in Answer of this Tiltrouble you with no more than his own Author, who is a doubleWitness in the Cafe; for, Sir H. JVotton, as having collected it fromthe best Writers, affirms, that their true Proportion, ( viz. Tylafl-ters) should be an exact Square; But for lessening of Expence, and zi Anh.p. 4 <Stinlarging of Room, they are commonly narrower in Flank, than inFront, as they are in our Antiquity. Whereunto Neceffity may beadded likewise, when Stones will not rife to the full Thickness, orjust Proportion required.

The former Words of Tliny, together with those of T^itru'vius (/. z .c. 3 .) Altitudo ejus, (basis nempe) fi Atticurges er it j have made somedoubt, not without Cause, whether the People of Attica, or Athæ-nians , had not a proper Order of Architecture, as the Tuscans, Ds-rians, lonians, and Corinthians 5 but it’s denied, faith Baldo , for that zem m. init appears, Vitruvius named it instead of the Corinthian ; (as lib. Altwur s-4. cap. 6 .) Yet Daniel Barbarus, Thilander, and Caporalis seem to Bar. phi. Ca*jncline to the contrary. However, though they differ, whether it t ° r -»# V!tr - lib*was a proper Order, or not, they all nevertheless agreeingly accord, z ' cap ' 3 ‘that it was square, and with the other Orders, in their great Works,used by the Romans, in regard Tliny so positively affirms the same.

But, that it was condemned by Vitruvius, as this Doctor suggests, issuch a Fiction, as was never till now vented; for, He is so far fromdoing it, as that He {loco citato ) peremptorily commands the IoniqueBase to be proportioned thereby; Altitudo uti Atticurges, the Heightof it shall be as the Atticurges , are his very Words, which couldhave either been said or done by him, if he looks upon it as ir-regular an d had he condemned it among other extravagant Inven-tions, then must the Corinthian Column be condemned by Him also,if Baldo’ s Judgment take Place.

But, since he is still so busy with Vitruvius, observe once more,how he deals with Sir H. JVotton, and the ancient Roman Archi-tects again. And to this End I must take leave to put you in mindof his whole Division 5 having but in part, as you may remember,

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