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SCAMILLI IMPARES (" unequal steps," Fr. escabeaux inegales; Ger. Schutzstege) , in See also:

ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

architecture, a See also:

TERM

term quoted by See also:

VITRUVIUS (MARCUS VITRUVIUS POLLIO)

Vitruvius when referring to the rise given to the See also:

STYLOBATE (Gr. rrf Xos, a column, and 00. ns, a base)

stylobate in the centre of the front and sides of a See also:

Greek See also:

temple. His explanation is not clear; he states (iii. 4) that, if set out level, the stylobate would have the See also:

APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance of being sunk in the centre, so that it is necessary that there should be an addition by means of small steps (scamilli impares). Ip See also:

BOOK

book v. See also:

CHAP

chap. 9, he again refers to the addition on the stylobate. The See also:

INTERPRETATION (from Lat. interpretari, to expound, explain, inter pres, an agent, go-between, interpreter; inter, between, and the root pret-, possibly connected with that seen either in Greek 4 p4'ew, to speak, or irpa-rrecv, to do)

interpretation of his meaning by Penrose and other authorities is generally assumed to be the addition which it was necessary to leave on the See also:

LOWER

lower frusta of the Doric See also:

COLUMN (Lat. columna)

column, or on the lower portion of the See also:

BASE

base of the Ionic column, so as to give them a proper bearing on the curved See also:

SURFACE

surface of the stylobate; when levelling ground, however, it is sometimes the See also:

CUSTOM (from O. Fr. costume, costume or coustume; Low Lat. costuma, a shortened form of consuetudo)

custom to See also:

FIX, THEODORE (180o-1846)

fix at intervals small bricks or tiles which are piled up until the upper surfaces of all of them are absolutely level. If, as an alternative, these piles were so arranged as to rise towards the centre, instead of a level a slightly curved surface might be obtained, and the term "unequal steps" would apply to them. This was the See also:

OPINION (Lat. opinio, from opinari, to think)

opinion of M. Bernouf, a See also:

French author, who points out that scamillus is a diminutive of scamnum, a small step (Fr. See also:

PETIT, SIR DINSHAW MANECKJI, BART

petit bane), which in some parts of See also:

France is employed when levellirg the surface of areas or courts. According to Penrose the rise of the curved stylobate of the See also:

PARTHENON (HapOevwv)

Parthenon had already been obtained in the See also:

STEREOBATE (Gr. vrepeos, solid, and Oiurts, a base)

stereobate carrying it, See also:

long before the problem of bedding the columns on the See also:

CURVE (Lat. curvus, bent)

curve had arisen.

End of Article: SCAMILLI IMPARES (" unequal steps," Fr. escabeaux inegales; Ger. Schutzstege)

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