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Rh either of them, and employed brackets, called Modillions, in the Cornice. This they called the Corinthian, Fig. 48. They used also a simpler Doric called the Tuscan, Fig. 49, and a cross between the Corinthian and Ionic called the Composite, Fig. 50. These are the Five Orders. The ancient examples vary much among themselves and differ in different places, and in modern times still further varieties are found in Italy, Spain, France, Germany, and England.

The best known and most admired forms for the Orders are those worked out by Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, in the 16th century, from the study of ancient examples. The Orders that are shown in the large Plates almost exactly follow Vignola's rules.