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 314 History of Art in Ahtiquity. for the side pillars of their Ionic anangements»* though, as a rule, their forms are widely different from those of the Persian builder. There is no difficulty here in getting exactly what we require, in* asmuch as with the cruciform brackets the group of semi-bulls de- scribing a quarter round could be turned at will, and, no matter the situation assigned thereto, its mutual relations with the middle section would not be disturbed. The beams that jut out from the roof seem to bear on the neck of the bulls ; in reality they rest on the small cushion placed between the heads of the animsUs. The J OD m cu tu i (S CD (B m § Fig. 153.— Plan of aijritals of the coitral and tide ooloiuwdei. pieces composing the timber frame cross each other at right angles and project far beyond the vertical line of the columns. This is no more than a bolder application of the corbel process, the use of which imbues the coverings of modem Persian edifices with so peculiar an aspect* The composition of the timber roof has already been explained > Ch. Chipie/, art. "Colonne" in the DittioMiaire des antiquitis of Daremberg and Saglio, p. 1342. situation of the cajntals on the anterior face of the lateral porches is exactly like our own, and, like our own, Ihcy are figured lacing, in imitation of a comer pillar still in situ. Digitized by Google
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