Vignola, or, The compleat architect shewing in a plain and easie way the rules of the five orders of architecture, viz. Tuscan, Dorick, Ionick, Corinthian, and Composite : whereby any that can but read and understand English may readily learn the proportious [sic] that all members in a building have one unto another / set forth by Mr. James Barozzio of Vignola ; translated into English by Joseph Moxon.

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Vignola, or, The compleat architect shewing in a plain and easie way the rules of the five orders of architecture, viz. Tuscan, Dorick, Ionick, Corinthian, and Composite : whereby any that can but read and understand English may readily learn the proportious [sic] that all members in a building have one unto another / set forth by Mr. James Barozzio of Vignola ; translated into English by Joseph Moxon.
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Vignola, 1507-1573.
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Lonon [i.e. London] :: Printed for Joseph Moxon, and sold at his shop ...,
1673.
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Architecture -- Orders.
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"Vignola, or, The compleat architect shewing in a plain and easie way the rules of the five orders of architecture, viz. Tuscan, Dorick, Ionick, Corinthian, and Composite : whereby any that can but read and understand English may readily learn the proportious [sic] that all members in a building have one unto another / set forth by Mr. James Barozzio of Vignola ; translated into English by Joseph Moxon." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A31035.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 7, 2024.

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IF you make Arches of Gal∣leries according to the Co∣rinthian Order, you must make the distance between the Pilasters 9 Models, and the height to the top of the Arch 18 Models; and the bredth of the Pilasters 3 Mo∣dels: For the rest of the work, you may proceed according to the figures in the Descrip∣tion.

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