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Only a very few details relating' to the buildings have been 

 recovered. The moulding-s are sufficiently characteristic of Uomau 

 type, but while they are not wanting in boldness, the quirking of 

 the cymatium exhibited is a form inconsistent with the style in its 

 purity. The examples are all single mouldings and of little diver- 

 sitj-, but some of them may have been components of an assem- 

 blage. Referring to plate IIIa., fig. 7 shows a section of parapet 

 coping worked with quirked cyma and fillet ; fig. 9, a door or 

 window rybat, the reveal of which is of ogee form; fig. 10, part 

 of a pier cap, also worked with the quirked cyma; and fig-. 11, 

 horizontal and inclined pediment mouldings, the form being- again 

 the quii'ked cyma. These last exhibit sunk soffits, the dressing of 

 which, however, is so dissimilar and inferior to other parts that it 

 seems an afterthought. Probably the cornice, as constituted in 

 the original building, embraced corona and bed-mould, and after- 

 wai"ds, when rebuilding took place, the cymatium was sunk as 

 described, and applied alone. 



The altars and other accessories present details more distinctly 

 degenerate. The fragment fig. 20, plate IIIa. shows a sunk mould- 

 ing; the framing of the historic altablet (fig. 15) is of low relief; 

 and the mouldings of the disciplina altar (figs. 13 and 14), besides 

 being deficient in boldness, are constituted of broken curves. 

 Those of the uniuseribed altar, however (figs. 17 and 18), are of 

 better form and proportion. These mouldings, apart from the 

 cavetto of the base of the uninscribed altar, bear a curious degree 

 of resemblance one to another. It will be observed that the 

 cornice mould of the disciplina altar is a repetition of that of the 

 base turned upside down, and in the uninscribed altar the only 

 difference is the absence of the quirking of the base mould. 



The accessories are enriched more or less ; profusely in some 

 instances. The devices employed are the human figure (plate IIIa., 

 fig. 22) ; dolphins, birds, leaves and stems of ivy, and the crescent (fig. 

 4, Inscribed Stones) ; leaves of the oak tree, and thunderbolts (plate 

 II., fig. 3); rosettes of various designs; architectural forms, cab- 

 ling in variety, and leaves of the laurel (plate IIIa., figs. 21 and 

 22) ; sacrificial implements and utensils (plate II. fig. 2) ; and belt- 

 ings constituted of peculiar triangular-shaped depressions, the 

 ridges between which form together zigzag lines. 



Two belts of these depressions, separated by a sunk beaded 

 astragal, ornament the upper member of the disciplina altar, and a 



