Chap. IV]
FOUNDATIONS AND SUBSTRUCTURES
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temple, it should be so constructed that its plinths, bases, dies, coronae, and cymatiumare appropriate to the actual stylobate which is to be under the bases of the columns.
FRA GIOCONDO'S IDEA OF THE "SCAMILLI IMPARES"
(From his edition of Vitruvius, Venice, 1511)
The level of the stylobate must be increased along the middle by the scamilli impares; for if it is laid perfectly level, it will look to the eye as though it were hollowed a little. At the end of the book a figure will be found, with a description showing how the scamilli may be made to suit this purpose.
