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    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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    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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    Jlouliiiiigs in Ofi In: He No

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    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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