Chapter I: Preface

The Essay contained in the following pages has no pretension to being a complete account of the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus. All that has been attempted in the present instance is to recapitulate and explain the various data which have recently been brought to light for restoring that celebrated monument of antiquity; and to show in what manner these may be applied so as to perfect a solution of the riddle which has so long perplexed the student of classical architecture.

At some future period it may be worth while to go more fully and with more careful elaboration into the whole subject; but to do this as it should be done, would require more leisure and better opportunities than are at present at the Author’s disposal for such a purpose.

20, LANGHAM PLACE,
_May_, 1862.

CONTENTS.

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INTRODUCTION 5

CHAPTER I.

SCRIPTA 8

RELIQUIÆ 12

EXEMPLA 14

RATIONES 16

CHAPTER II.

GREEK MEASURES 20

CYMATIUM 22

PTERON 24

PYRAMID 27

VERTICAL HEIGHTS 30

ARCHITECTURAL ORDINANCE 33

LACUNARIA 36

SCULPTURE AND PEDESTALS 38

CONCLUSION 43

LIST OF WOODCUTS.

1. LION TOMB, CNIDUS 14

2. TOMB AT DUGGA 15

3. TOMB AT MYLASSA 16

4. CYMATIUM 22

5. SECTION OF CYMATIUM AND OF BASE OF PYRAMID 29

6. PEDESTAL OF MONTE CAVALLO GROUP 41

DIRECTION TO BINDER.

Place _Plates_ I., II., and III. at the end of the work.

MAUSOLEUM AT HALICARNASSUS.