alleries: These Halls, which at first were
made for the Palaces of Kings, were afterwards turned
into Courts of Justice, and after that into Churches;
which Form has always been observed.

_Ballustre_ is the lateral part of the _Jonick_ Capital. Our
Workmen have given it that name, because it somewhat
resembles a _Balluster_.

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_Chanel_, in the _Ionick_ Capital, is that part which is
under the _Abacus_, and lies upon _Echinus_ or Egg, and
which has its _Contours_ or Turnings on every side to
make the Voluta's.

_Cariatides_ are Statues of Women, which serve instead of
Pillars.

_Cincture_ is that part which makes the middle of the
_Ballustre_ of the _Ionick Voluta_.

_Conge_ in French, in Latin _Apophyges_, from the Greek word
[Greek: apophyge] because that part of the Pillar taking
as it were a rise, seems to emerge and fly from the
_Basis_ like the _Proceltus_ of a Bone in a mans Leg, In
short, it's no more than the _Rings_ or _Ferils_
heretofore used at the Extremities of wooden Pillars, to
preserve them from splitting, afterwards imitated in
Stone-work.

_Corona_ is properly that part of the Cornice which the
French call _Larmer_ or _Drip_, because it defends the
rest of the Work from Wind and Weather: It is often taken
by _Vitruvius_ for all the Cornice.

_Corona_, called the _Plat_ or _flat Crown_, is a particular
Member in the _Dorick_ Gate; it's made by so
extraordinary enlargement of the _Face_ of the _Corona_
or _Drip_, that it has six times more Breadth than
Projecture. This sort of _Corona_ is no where found among
the Ancients, but only in the Writings of _Vitruvius_.

_Cymatium_, from [Greek: kymaton], which signifies a rouling
_Wave_; is a Member of Architecture, of which the one
half is _Convex_ and the other _Concave_, the one being
hollow above, and the other below. There are two sorts of
them, the one called the _Gola_ or _Throats_, or the
_Doucine_, whose advanced part is _Concave_; and the
other is called by the French the _Talon_ or Heel, whose
advanced part is hollow below, as the first is above.

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_Die_ is the middle of the Pedestals, _viz._ that which is
between their _Basis_ and their _Cornice_. It's so
called, because it's for the most part of a Cubit form,
as _Die's_ are t