_Chambranles_, or _Door-Cases_; and that the
_Pillars_ had three Parts, which are the _Pedestal_, the _Shaft_, and
its Ornaments, _viz._ The _Architrave_, the _Frise_ and the _Cornice_.

Neither the Proportion of the _Pedestals_, nor of the _Gates_ and
_Chambranles_ of the _Thuscan Order_ are to be found in _Vitruvius_.

[Sidenote: _Lib. 4. Chap. 7._]

The Proportion of the Pillar is this, that its thickness below is the
7th part of its height, it's Diminution is the 4th part of the Diameter
of the Pillar, its _Base_ has half of the Diameter of the Pillar for its
height, the _Plinthus_ being round, makes one half of the _Base_; the
other half is for the _Thorus_, and for the _Conge_ or _Apophygis_, Vid.
_Conge_ explained.

The height of the Capital is half the Diameter of the Pillar, the
breadth of the _Abacus_ is equal to the whole Diameter of the Pillar at
the bottom, the height of the Capital is divided into three Parts; one
of them is allowed the _Plinthus_, which serves instead of an _Abacus_;
the _Echine_ hath another; and a third Part is for the _Gorge_ of the
Capital comprehending the _Astragal_, the _Conge_, or _Apophygis_, which
are immediately under the _Echine_.

Upon the Pillars must be laid the _Sabliers_, or _Wooden Architrave_,
joyned together by _Tenons_, in the form of a Swallows Tail.

These _Sabliers_ ought to be distant one from another about an Inch; for
if they should touch one another, the Timber would heat and corrupt.

Upon these _Sabliers_ which serve for an _Architrave_, must be built a
little Wall, which will serve instead of a _Frise_.

The _Cornice_ which is laid upon this little Wall or _Frise_, has
_Mutal's_ which jet out.

All the Crowning should have the 4th part of the height of the Pillar.
The little Walls that are built between the ends of the Beams which rest
upon the Pillars, must be garnished and covered with Boards, which must
be nailed upon the ends of the Beams.

The _Piedement_, which may be either of Stone or Wood, and which must
support the _Faistag_ or _Top_, the _Forces_, and the _Pans_, has a
particular Proportion; for it must be much raised to give it a
sufficient sloping for the running of the Water. See Tab. V.

ART. VI.

_Of the_ Dorick _Order._

[Sidenote: _Lib._ 4. _Chap._ 1.]

The _Dorick_ Pillar has had in divers times, and in different Buildings,
different Proportions; for at first it had only for its height 6 times
its Diameter; this Propo