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to-the ofiginal form. The three parts, taken as a whole, 
were called the entablature : : = lewer part, confifting the 
was Nari t 
zoophorus, or aes ; and the upper part, which proje 
pay ceaaieae over the epiltyle, eee in imitation of the ends 
he roof, was caile 
the 
* Pherchors the entablature ‘confitts of a cornice, frieze, and ~ 
architrave. 
The pofts received the name of columns, which always 
confift of two le aah ’ a and frequently of 
three. The column ted at the top in imita- 
te oe neue were added to the foot of the fhaft they 
‘were termed the bafe. 
The order, therefore, confifts principally of acolumn and 
entablature. fubdivided into a fhaft and ca- 
pital, or, at moft, into three principal parts, a bafe, fhaft, 
and capital ; and the entablature, as has been obferved, into 
architrave, frieze, and cornice. Thefe parts are again di- 
vided into {maller portions, termed mouldings, or other 
ornaments. 
There are three orders in archite€ture, though the mo- 
dern writers generally enumerate five, but without any au- 
thority. Thefe three orders are named Doric, Ionic, and 
Corinthian, according to the place in which they were in- 
vented, 
Their hiftory according to Vitruvius, is detailed under 
the article Civit Architedure. 
ard bein ae ‘the diameter of a feGtion of the fhaft at the 
bottom. The fhafts of the lau are the fruftums of 
cones; they are fometimes of a conoidal form, which however 
d 
The height of the 
may be generally ftated at two 
The diminuticn of the fhafts is 
not equal in all the orders: that of the Doric varies from 
one-fourth to one-fifth, the Tonic and Corinthian from one- 
fifth to one-fixth. 
frieze, but of lefs height than the cornice e 
moderns have claffed two other orders with the three Gre 
cian, they have no authority for this is itruvi 
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a diftinG order. The peculiarities of each are a under 
its refpeGtive title; fee D NIc, and CoRINTHIAN 
Order. See alfo Composite and Tus N Order. 
oor, Attic. See ATTIC. 
ei riba See CARYATID 
a new-con er order, wherein the 
capital conte, of atributes agreeing to that people, as 
a heads, fleur de lis, &c. 
Its proportions are ide Such is that of M. L& 
Brun, in the grand gallery at Verfailles; and that of M- 
Le rao 
e Clerc gives a fecond Tufcan order, and a Spanifh 
eden, a his French order. The Tufcan he ranks be- 
tween the firft Tufcan and Doric. Its height he makes 
23 femidiameters 22 minutes; the column to have 15, the 
pedeftal 5, and the entablature 3, and 2z minutes: and he 
propofes its frieze to be adorned with turtles, which are the 
arms of Tufcan 
The Spanifh order he places between the Corinthian and 
Compofite. The whole order he makes 30 femidiameters, 
28 minutes ; of oh the column has g and 25 minutes, 
the pedeftal 16 and 18 minutes, and the entablature 4 and 15 
fuftains with 
has a lion’s 
nout; that animal being the fymbol of Spain, and ex- 
prefling the ftrength, gravity, and prudence of that natio 
ere has been alfo an order, where lions and ra 
have been made to iffue ton the volutes, in com 
the arms of the king of E 
See Gee 
See ecciaee 
ORprER, i an. See 
In fome cafes the raise or r Perfia n order, is intro- 
duced as an attic, over columns; as in the front of the 
figny 
when i i is re rope 3; i.e. when it goes back from Pifces to 
Aquar. 
clafs being charaéterifed by ei nature of the 
oe orders of the 24th ee are ue ieapluge Se 
— and Nat 
DE feveral lors, and by divers 
e Orders of 
> 
tained on the petition or motio 
me other interefted i in, or a 3a 
earing, and ree by 
confent of parties. olic. 2 
ORDERS, in a Militar ry Seufy denote ” Sor is oe 
comands y fii Thu 
out every day, whether in cam or on 
by the commanding officer ; 
» ga a eae 
which sae are oe 
3 T 2 give 
