Sebastiano Serlio · Third Book: Of Antiquities
The Arch dei Borsari at Verona
THis Arch tryumphant was made before the Arch aforesayd, which the table sheweth, wherein there standeth P. VALERIVS. Q. CECILIVS. Q. SERVILIVS: P. CORNELIVS. it is thought it was set vp in the time of Hanibal. This is measured with the same measure that the other is: the widenes of each Arch is 11. foote the height is 17. foote the Pilasters of the Arch are one foote, 8. ounces broad: betwéene the 2. Pilasters are 5. foote, 4. ounces: the sides, eche holdeth 3. foot. The Cimatie vnder the C. in place of an Architraue, is 6. ounces and an halfe: the height of the Fréese, is one foote. 7. ounces and an halfe: the list aboue the Freese is 2. ounces: the Cimatie vnder the Dentiles, is 4. ounces and a quarter: and the Cimatie aboue it, is one ounce and an halfe. That Astragall is one ounce. The Cimatie vnder the crowne, is one ounce and a third part: the crowne is 3. ounces and an halfe high: the Cimatie thereof, is 2. ounces and a quarter. The Scime is 3. ounces and an halfe high: but the list is 2. ounces: the Proiecture of all, is as much as the height. The Basement aboue this Cornice, is one foote, one ounce and an halfe in height: the thicknesse of the hollowed Columnes, is 1. foot, 3. ounces: the height without Capitals, is 7. foot, one ounce and an halfe. The Capitall is 10. ounces high. This Columne hath no Base nor Cinthe. Carettus, who also counterfeited this Arch, séeeth but foure places where Histories are grauen, and 5. Columnes in this third story: in the second story but 4. windowes, and 5. Pilasters: and aboue them, 5. Columnes: the third Cornice you cannot come vnto.
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