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XVI. 



THE COLUMNAR ARCHITECTURE OF THE 

 EGYPTIANS. 



By Waldo S. Pratt, 



Fellow at the Johns Hojykins University , Baltimore. 

 Presented May 12th, 1880. 



CONTENTS 



Essay I. The Derivation of the 

 Doric Order from Egyptian Pro- 

 totypes. 



Page 

 § 1. Introductory . . . 313 



§ 2. Theoretical Origin of the Column 



and Pier as Architectural Members 314 

 § 3. First Steps in the Development of 



the Column and Pier . . . 315 

 § 4. Application of the Theory to the 



" Proto-Doric " Question . . 320 



§ 5. " Proto-Doric " Forms in Egypt . 321 

 § 6. External Differences between the 



True and False Doric . . .322 



§ 7. Internal Differences 

 § 8. General Conclusion 



Page 

 . 326 



Essay II. A Classification of Egyp 



tian Columns. 

 §1. Introductory .... 

 § 2. Sir Gardiner Wilkinson's Classifica 



tion 



§ 3. A New Classification Proposed 

 § 4. Order I. — Bundle Columns . 

 § 5. Order II. — Papyrus Columns . 

 § 6. Order III. — Lotus Columns 

 §7. OrderlV. — Palm Columns 

 § 8. Order V. — Isis-head Columns 



330 



333 



335 

 347 

 355 

 357 

 361 



I. The Derivation of the Doric Order from Egyptian 

 Prototypes. 



§ 1 . Introductory. 



In the following essay I have attempted a slight examination of the 

 well-known archaeological question, Was the Doric Order imported 

 into Greece from Egypt ? in so far as that question is illumined by 

 an investigation iuto the theoretic origin and development of the 

 column and the pier as architectural members. The chronological, 

 geographical, and politico-historical elements of the problem are for 

 the time forgotten, and the attention fixed on the comparative artistic 

 value and significance of the so-called " proto-Doric " pillars in Egypt 

 and the columns of the Doric style in Greece, as capable of bearing 

 important testimony to the actual connection between the two. In 

 the present state of our knowledge this method of attacking the 



