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There were, however, very few instances in which the established 
laws of proportion, so far as propriety and apparent security are 
Above the capital of the triglyphs, between it and the cymatium below the corona, there is 
usually a band or fillet, of the samede23th, for the most part, with the capital, and on the 
same plane with it ; and the capital itself sometimes projects a little beyond the femora 
of the triglyph, and sometimes is on the same level with it. The cymatium below the corona 
is for the most part much deeper than the usual proportion of that member ; which appears 
to have been done in order to show the ornament upon it, which would not otherwise, 
from the projection of the corona and the depth of the mutules, be conspicuous. The 
proportion of the corona itself also varies, and the scotia beneath it is sometimes intro- 
duced, and sometimes omitted altogether. Much difference exists in the depth of the 
cyma, as well as in that of its fastigiura ; and the lions’ heads, which are often sculp- 
tured upon it, are sometimes introduced and sometimes omitted. Whenever these 
are placed, as they usually are, over the axes of the columns, an ornament repre- 
senting the end of a tile is often found to accompany them, placed on the fastigium, 
exactly over the centre of the metopes. There is also a difference in the depth 
of the regulse and mutules, as well as in the thickness and depth of the guttse, the form 
of the latter being sometimes conical and sometimes cylindrical, and on some occasions 
almost square. The upper part of the two outer channels of the triglyphs are some- 
times cut parallel with the line of the capital ; but more frequently inclined a little 
downwards, so as to meet the bottom of the moulding above the metopes, which we have 
already stated is not often in a line with that of the capitals of the triglyphs. The depth 
of the taenia, also, and that of the epistylium (or architrave) varies in different instances ; 
as well as the proportions of the columns themselves, and those of their abaci, or plinths : 
the latter are generally surmounted with an elegantly proportioned cymatium, which is 
itself almost always crowned with a fillet. We may add that the curve of the echinus 
also varies, but is usually of a light and elegant proportion ; and the annulets sometimes 
follow the line of the curve, and sometimes range with that of the hypotrachelium : the 
number of these occasionally two, but more frequently three ; and the upper and lower 
ones (in the last-mentioned instance) are frequently cut square, while the central one 
forms an angle, the apex of which projects beyond the two others. This, however, only 
occurs when the annulets range with the shafts of the columns, for when they range with 
the line of the echinus they are generally cut like the teeth of a saw, as the central one 
is in the instance just mentioned. We observed that for the most part when annulets 
were adopted there were no channels, or grooves, hollowed in the hypoti'achelium, and 
this equally obtained whether the annulets followed the line of the echinus or that of the 
