Handbook for architects and builders . MODILLION CORNICE. IONIC CVS HI ON CAPlTAlv Plate IV. The Ionic Order shows smaller variationsfrom the pure Classic examples than anyother, and its proportions are fairly simple. Two styles of cornices are, however, used,the modiilion and the dentil cornice, andalthough the method adopted by Gibbs ofgiving prominence to the former has beenfollowed. It should he stated that the latteris more generally found in old examples,whilst the former is preferred by Palladlo. Represented side by side upon the platethe extent of the variation is easily discern-ible.
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Handbook for architects and builders . MODILLION CORNICE. IONIC CVS HI ON CAPlTAlv Plate IV. The Ionic Order shows smaller variationsfrom the pure Classic examples than anyother, and its proportions are fairly simple. Two styles of cornices are, however, used, the modiilion and the dentil cornice, andalthough the method adopted by Gibbs ofgiving prominence to the former has beenfollowed. It should he stated that the latteris more generally found in old examples, whilst the former is preferred by Palladlo. Represented side by side upon the platethe extent of the variation is easily discern-ible. A modiilion or dentil should always bebisected by the centre line of the columnand the spacing determined by the distanceof this line from the frieze, as set out uponthe drawing. The frieze is always plainand in larger works it is, preferably, keptflat. In smaller compositions, however, when narrow or when used over doors andwindows a pulvinated frieze may be adoptedwith good effect. The earlier alternative form of the Ioniccapital in which the faces of