Its cymatium is one seventh of the whole height of the frieze, and the projection of the cymatium is the same as its height. From Wordnik.com. [The Ten Books on Architecture] Reference
The cymatium here is one sixth of the whole height of this part. From Wordnik.com. [The Ten Books on Architecture] Reference
Let the rest, excluding the cymatium, be divided into twelve parts. From Wordnik.com. [The Ten Books on Architecture] Reference
Its cymatium ought to be one sixth of the jamb, with a projection equivalent to its height. From Wordnik.com. [The Ten Books on Architecture] Reference
Let the height of a rail be one third of the breadth of a panel, and its cymatium one sixth of the rail. From Wordnik.com. [The Ten Books on Architecture] Reference
The cymatium of the architrave should be one seventh of the height of the whole architrave, and its projection the same. From Wordnik.com. [The Ten Books on Architecture] Reference
Let the corona and its cymatium at the top of all be carved without ornamentation, and have a projection equal to its height. From Wordnik.com. [The Ten Books on Architecture] Reference
The width of the faces of the jambs should be one fourteenth of the height of the aperture, and the cymatium one sixth of the width. From Wordnik.com. [The Ten Books on Architecture] Reference
The height of the podium, starting from the level of the stage, is, including the corona and cymatium, one twelfth of the diameter of the orchestra. From Wordnik.com. [The Ten Books on Architecture] Reference
Besides, there are fasciae running all round under the cymatia on the jambs, and apportioned so as to be equal to three sevenths of a jamb, excluding the cymatium. From Wordnik.com. [The Ten Books on Architecture] Reference
Over the capitals of the triglyphs the corona is to be placed, with a projection of two thirds of a module, and having a Doric cymatium at the bottom and another at the top. From Wordnik.com. [The Ten Books on Architecture] Reference
To the right and left of the lintel, which rests upon the jambs, there are to be projections fashioned like projecting bases and jointed to a nicety with the cymatium itself. From Wordnik.com. [The Ten Books on Architecture] Reference
Omitting the cymatium, the rest of the architrave is to be divided into twelve parts, and three of these will form the lowest fascia, four, the next, and five, the highest fascia. From Wordnik.com. [The Ten Books on Architecture] Reference
The corona with its cymatium, but not including the sima, has the height of the middle fascia of the architrave, and the total projection of the corona and dentils should be equal to the height from the frieze to the cymatium at the top of the corona. From Wordnik.com. [The Ten Books on Architecture] Reference
The height of the tympanum, which is in the pediment, is to be obtained thus: let the front of the corona, from the two ends of its cymatium, be measured off into nine parts, and let one of these parts be set up in the middle at the peak of the tympanum, taking care that it is perpendicular to the entablature and the neckings of the columns. From Wordnik.com. [The Ten Books on Architecture] Reference
The cornices along the horizontal edges of the roof have instead of the cymatium a row of. From Wordnik.com. [A Text-Book of the History of Architecture Seventh Edition, revised] Reference
The roof was of wood; the cymatium and ornaments, as well as the statues in the pediment, were of terra-cotta, painted and gilded. From Wordnik.com. [A Text-Book of the History of Architecture Seventh Edition, revised] Reference
Mutules were used only over the triglyphs, and were even replaced in some cases by dentils; the corona was made lighter than the Greek, and a cymatium replaced the antefixæ on the lateral cornices. From Wordnik.com. [A Text-Book of the History of Architecture Seventh Edition, revised] Reference
The volutes and echinus of the capital, the fluting of the shaft, the use of a moulded circular base, and in the cornice the high corona and cymatium, these were constant elements in every Ionic order, but all other details varied widely in the different examples. From Wordnik.com. [A Text-Book of the History of Architecture Seventh Edition, revised] Reference
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