TAA i.3.23.35
Page 23 of first draft on shrines, handwritten.
© Griffith Institute,
University of Oxford
of the front. The front of the shrine comprises, beneath the
cavetto cornice and roll moulding, a chief beam or over
door frieze, tx[?]/<w>o door posts, and a sill; to which are
hung its folding doors.
Its external dimensions, given in ‘mean measurement’ are
as follows:-
At base – 335.5 x 207 cents.
At abutment of cornice – 330.5 x 202 cents.
At extreme edges of cornice – 356.5 x 229 cents.
From ground to maximum height of roof – 208 cents.
From ground to top of cornice – 188 cents.
From ground to abutment of cornice – 165 cents.
Opening of doorway – 161.5 cents. wide; and 137.5 cents. high.
Batter – i.e. receding slope from ground upwards – approximately
15 mills. per one metre vertical.
It is constructed of ten separate members and sections:-
The roof in two separate sections; the cavetto cornice and roll
moulding in from separate members; two side sections, <each> comprising
a chief beam or frieze, panel and dado; one end section,
consisting of two corner posts, a chief beam or frieze, panel, and
dado; and one front section, which includes the chief
beam or over door frieze, two corner posts, a sill, and two
folding doors.