Wallis, Frank Edwin, 1862-1929 · New York & London. Harper & Bros · leaf 35
THE GREEK CLASSIC above the tie, or architrave, C, and project- ing beyond the outer face of the posts to pro- tect the side walls from the rain, thus form- ing a cornice over the face of the row of posts and the future wall, and afterward resting on the purlin, E, or the timber parallel to … the plate, and meeting at the center of the building, or at the ridge-pole. Here you have the Greek temple in its beginning and in its crudest form. Consider how you will peel the bark from the posts, and hew the sides of the posts into some sem- blance of form ; or, perchance, decorate them with…
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