The Ten Books on Architecture, 10.10.2

Vitruvius  translated by Joseph Gwilt

« Vitr. 10.10 | Vitr. 10.10 | Vitr. 10.11 | About This Work »

2The height and width of the holes in the capital are thus fashioned. The plates (tabulæ) which are at the top and bottom of the capital, and which are called parallels (paralleli) are equal in thickness to one hole, in width to one and three quarters, and at their extremities to one hole and a half. The side posts (parastatæ) right and left, exclusive of the tenons four holes high and five thick, the tenons three quarters of a hole. From the hole to the middle post also three quarters of a hole, the width of the middle post one hole and a quarter, its thickness one hole.

« Vitr. 10.10 | Vitr. 10.10 | Vitr. 10.11 | About This Work »