Volute of the Ionic Capital

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“A kind of spiral scroll used in Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite capitals, of which it is a principal ornament. The number of volutes in the Ionic order is four. In the Corinthian and Composite orders they are more numerous, in the former being accompanied by smaller ones, called helices; called also voluta. A,volute"—(Charles Leonard-Stuart, 1911)

Keywords

Ionic, Corinthian, composite, voluta, kind of spiral scroll, number of volutes in the Ionic order is four, helices

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Greek Architecture, Columns: Capitals

Source

Everybody's Cyclopedia (New York, NY: Syndicate Publishing Company, 1912)

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