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Tuscan Architecture: Column Parts Guide

This document provides measurements for the parts that make up the Tuscan order of classical architecture. It lists the height of each part in modules, which is the standard unit of measurement. The major parts included are the entablature above the columns, the column itself, and the base. For example, the architrave is 1 1/2 modules high, while the column shaft is 6 modules high, diminishing by 1/4 of a diameter from bottom to top. The document notes that Vitruvius' instructions for the Tuscan order leave some aspects undefined compared to the other classical orders.

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Tuscan Architecture: Column Parts Guide

This document provides measurements for the parts that make up the Tuscan order of classical architecture. It lists the height of each part in modules, which is the standard unit of measurement. The major parts included are the entablature above the columns, the column itself, and the base. For example, the architrave is 1 1/2 modules high, while the column shaft is 6 modules high, diminishing by 1/4 of a diameter from bottom to top. The document notes that Vitruvius' instructions for the Tuscan order leave some aspects undefined compared to the other classical orders.

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PRACTICE OF ARCHITECTURE.
in.
Table of the Pauts of the Tuscan Orbeb.
HeiRhts of Projection |
Sior-ldings wliereof the Parts are composed.
Jlouliiiiigs in
Parts of a
from tlie Axis ofi
Column in Parts
Jlodule. of a Module.
Entablature.
Cymatium,
Quarter round
Astragal
4
1
27.
and parts.
.
Fillet
....
Conge, or cavetto -
1
23
i
Cornice A, Corona - - -
5
221
16 parts. Drip
....
Sinking from corona, or
I
211
hollow
...
I
101
Fillet - - -. - 14
Bed moulding Ogee
- - - -
4
13.1
Frieze B,
1 4 parts.
14 9.1
-
Architrave C,
1'2
parts.
Fillet. Fillet, or listel
Fascia. (
^>"g'^''
"'" ''''"^^ '^"^'^"'^
"
2
2
lU
1 rascia
- - - -
8
y-i
The height of the drip under the corona is taken on that
jneinber, and 1 hat of the hollow in the height of the
fillet.
Column.
("Fillet - - - -
1
14.!
Abacus. Conge, or cavetto -
1
13.!
Capital D,
[
Band - - - -
^
Ovolo
...
-
Cymatium. ! Fillet - . - -
Conge, or cavetto -
2
3
131
131
12 parts.
1
4
101
1 9.!
Neck, or Hypotrachelion - - .
3 9-1
Shaft,
.
, ,
(
Bead - - - -
Astragal, or
j,.j,^^
....
neckmg. ,,

[ Conge, or cavetto -
1
2
11
10.1
1 9k
1 2 modules.
ci iv r
Sliaft - - - -
Shaft.
W>
^ ,
I
Conge, or apophvge
1 1 mod. 8 parts.
2
y.l
l-i
12
Base, E,
Fillet - -
'
-
- { Torus - - - .
1
5
13.!
16!
12 parts.
.
Plinth
- - - -
Pedestal.
6 icl
Cornice G,
6 parts.
^
r r
1
Listel - - - -
Lymatium.
]
,.
L
^
L Ogee
....
2
4
201
20
Die F, f Die, or dado
1
Conge, or ajjophyge
3 mod. 4 parts.
16!
44 parts.
2
16!
Base,
I
r Fillet - - -
1
Plinth
....
1
18.!
6 parts.
5
20?
2556. Vitruvius in this order forms the columns six diameters high, and makes their
diminution one quarter of the diameter. He gives to the base and cajiital each one module
in height. No pedestal is given by him. Over the capital he places the architrave of
timber in two thicknesses connected together by dovetailed dowels. .He however leaves
the height unsettled, merely saying that their height should be such as may be suitable to
the grandeur of the work where they are used. He directs no frieze, but places over the
architrave cantilevers or mutuli, projecting one fourth part of the height of the column,
including the base and capital. He fixes no measure for the cornice, neither does he give
any directions respecting the intercolumniations of this order. The instructions are not so
specific as those which he lays down for the other orders, and there have been various
interpretations of the text, which unfortunately cannot in any of the suppositions be tested

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