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 Ek. III. Ch. IL CORINTHIAN ORDER. 257 the capital is left a plain sinking, and so it is generally copied in modern times; but there can be little doubt that this was originally filled by a bronze wreath, which was probably gilt. Accordingly this is so represented in the woodcut as being essential to the completion of the order. The base and shaft have, like the upper part of the capital, more Ionic feeling in them than the order was afterwards allowed to retain ; and altogether it is, as here practised, far more elegant, though less complete, than the Roman form which super- seded It. The other Athenian example, that of the Tower of the Winds, (Woodcut No. 141), is remarkable as being almost purely Egyptian in D J 7 1 141. Order of the Tower of the AVimls, Athens. its types, with no Ionic admixture. The columns have no bases, the capitals no volutes, and the water-leaf clings as closely to the bell as it does in the Egyptian examjiles. The result altogether wants rich- ness, and, though appropriate on so small a scale, would hardly be pleasing on a larger. The great example of the Temple of Jupiter Olympius differs in no essential part from the Roman order, excej)t that the corners of the vol.. I. — 17