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TABLE VIII. Showing the Value of an Annuity on the longer of two Lives.

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A BRIEF SYNOPTICAL LIST OF THE PRINCIPAL

ARCHITECTS,

ANCIENT AND MODERN,

WITH THEIR CHIEF WORKS,

REVISED BY WYATT PAPWORTH

NOTE.-Many of the Names herein are more fully noticed in the body of this work, and some few others will be found by reference to its Index.

BEFORE CHRIST.

7th. Century.

1. AGAMEDES and TROPHONIUS of Delphi-Mentioned only in mythology; temple
to Apollo at Delphi; a temple to Neptune near Mantinæa.

II. THEODORUS and Rнocus, of Samos.-Labyrinth at Lemnos; some buildings at
Sparta; the temple of Jupiter at Samos; foundations of one of the temples of
Diana at Ephesus.

III. HERMOGENES of Alabanda.-Temple of Bacchus at Teos; and that of Diana at
Magnesia.

6th. Century.

IV. DEMETRIUS and PEONIUS, of Ephesus.-Continuation of one of the temples of Diana, at Ephesus, which had been begun by CHERSIPHRON or Ctesiphon and his son Metagenes.

v. DAPHNIS of Miletus.--With PEONIUS, temple of Apollo at Miletus.

VI. EUPALINUS of Megara.-Tunnel for the aqueduct, and some edifices at Samos.
VII. CHIROSOPHUS of Crete.—Temple to Ceres and Proserpine; another to the Paphian
Venus, and one to Apollo; all at Tegea.

VIII. MANDROCLES of Samos.—Bridge of boats over the Thracian Bosphorus, for King
Darius.

IX. MEMNO of Persia.-A magnificent palace at Ecbatana for Cyrus.

5th. Century.

x. PYTHIUS of Priene.-Mausoleum at Halicarnassus; the temple of Minerva at Priene, and wrote a treatise on it. In the former he was assisted by Satyrus. XI. SPINTHARUS of Corinth.-Rebuilt the temple of Apollo at Delphi, which had been destroyed by fire.

XII. LIBO of Elis.-Temple of Jupiter Olympius at Olympia.

XII. ICTINUS of Athens.-Parthenon at Athens, and wrote a treatise upon it; perhaps the temple of Ceres and Proserpine at Eleusis; temple of Apollo Epicurius near Phigaleia.

XIV. CALLICRATES of Athens.-Assisted Ictinus in the erection of the Parthenon.

xv. MNESICLES of Athens.-Propylea of the Acropolis at Athens.

XVI. ANTISTATES of Athens.-A temple of Jupiter at Athens.

XVII. SCOPAS of Paros.-One side of the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus; a column of the temple at Ephesus. Employed on temple of Minerva at Tegea.

XVIII. HIPPODAMUS of Miletus. -Laid out Munychia in the Piræus and Rhodes. XIX. CORBUS and METAGENES XYPETIUS of Athens.-Perhaps the temple of Ceres at Eleusis.

xx. POLYCLITUS.-A theatre with a dome at Epidaurus, highly praised by Pausanius. XXI. ARCHIAS of Corinth -Many temples and other edifices, at Syracuse.

XXII. CALLIAS of Aradus.-Machinery.

XXIII. TARCHESIUS and ARGELIUS.-Wrote treatises on Architecture; the former is supposed to have erected the temple to Esculapius at Tralles. XXIV. MNESTHES.-Pseudodipteral temple of Apollo at Magnesia.

BEFORE CHRIST.

4th. Century

XXV. DEINOCRATES OF DINOCHARES of Macedonia.-Rebuilt the last temple of Diana at Ephesus; laid out the city of Alexandria, and designed many edifices there; proposed to transform Mount Athos into a colossal figure of Alexander,

XXVI. CALLIMACHUS of Corinth.-Reputed inventor of the Corinthian order. Vitruvius, b. iv. chap. 1.

XXVII. SOSTRATUS of Cnidus.-The Pharos near Alexandria,

XXVIII. EUPOLEMUS of Argos.-Several temples and a theatre at Argos. The Heræum near Mycena.

3rd. Century.

XXIX. PHEAX of Agrigentum.-Various buildings at Agrigentum.

XXX. CLEODAMAS of Byzantium.-Restored, with Athenæus, the cities destroyed by the Scythæ and others.

2nd. Century.

xxxi. CoSsUTIUS of Rome. —Additions to the temple of Jupiter Olympius at Athens, for Antiochus Epiphanus, king of Syria, and afterwards destroyed.

XXXII. PHILO of Athens or of Byzantium.-Enlarged the arsenal and the Piræus at Athens; erected the great theatre, rebuilt by order of Hadrian. Wrote on Architecture.

XXXIII. HERMODORUS of Salamis.-Temple of Jupiter Stator in the Forum, and temple of Mars in the Circus Flaminius, at Rome.

XXXIV. CAIUS MUTIUS of Rome.-Temples to Honour and Virtue near the trophies of Marius at Rome.

1st. Century.

XXXV. BATRACHUS and SAURUS, of Laconia.--These two architects built the temple and enclosed by the portico of Octavia, at Rome. The name of the first (Bar paxos) XXXVI. signifies a frog; and that of the latter (oavpos), a lizard. They are considered to have perpetuated their names by the representation of those animals in the eye of the volutes of the Ionic order, of which a capital has been found; and in the churches of St. Eusebius and of St. Lorenzo fuori le Murà, at Rome, are pedestals sculptured with them.

XXXVII. DEXIPHANES of Cyprus, or Cnidos.-A causeway; and rebuilt or repaired the
Pharos at Alexandria, erected by Sostratus.

XXXVIII. VALERIUS of Ostium.-Covered in a theatre at Rome.
XXXIX. CYRUS of Rome.-Architect to Cicero and his brother.

XL. POSTHUMIUS of Rome.-Many works at Rome and Naples.

XLI. LUCIUS COCCEIUS AUCTUS of Rome.-Grotta della Sibella from Lacus Avernus to Baiæ; a temple at Pozzuoli; tunnel of Cumæ, near the Lacus Avernus,

XIII. FUSSITIUS or FUFITIUS of Rome.-Several buildings at Rome. The first Roman who wrote copiously on architecture.

XLIII. MESSIDIUS and PHILOXENUS.-Formed an aqueduct near Rome for Cicero's brother.

XLIV. NUMISIUS.-Theatre at Herculaneum; buried A.D. 79.

AFTER CHRIST.

1st. Century.

1. MARCUS VITRUVIUS POLLIO of Fano.-Basilica Justitiæ at Fano. Writer on architecture, the oldest work extant on the art.

2. VITRUVIUS CERDO of Verona.-Triumphal arch at Verona.

3. CELER of Rome.-Golden house of Nero, with SEVERUS of Rome.

4. RABIRIUS of Rome.-Palace of Domitian and works connected therewith, on Mount Palatine.

5. MUSTIUS of Rome.-Temple to Ceres at Rome.

2nd. Century.

6. JULIUS FRONTINUS of Rome.-He has left a work on aqueducts.

7. APOLLODORUS of Damascus.-The forum of Trajan, the column of Trajan, and other buildings at Rome; a stone bridge over the Danube in Lower Hungary, the remains of which are still visible.

AFTER CHRIST.

8. CAIUS JULIUS LACER of Rome.-Bridge over the Tagus at Alcantara, in Spain; a temple there, now dedicated to San Giuliano.

9. DETRIANUS of Rome.-Moles Hadriani and the Pons Aelins; now called the Castello and Ponte Sant' Angelo; removed the colossal statue of Nero for Hadrian.

10. ANTONINUS, Senator, of Rome.-Pantheon at Epidaurus; baths of Æsculapius, in the same city.

4th. Century.

11. METRODORUS of Persia.- Many buildings in India, and some at Constantinople. The first known Christian architect.

12. ALYPIUS of Antioch.-Employed by Julian to lay the foundation of a new temple at Jerusalem.

5th. Century.

13. CYRIADES, Consul, of Rome.-A basilica and bridge for Theodosius, carried on by Auxentius, senator, Symmachus, prefect, and Afrodisius, consul.

14, SENNAMAR of Arabia.-Sedir and Khaovarnack, two celebrated palaces in Arabia.

THE SCYTHIAN DEVASTATIONS.

15. ALOISIUS of Padua or Rome. -Buildings for Theodoric; assisted DANIEL in the erection of the celebrated mausoleum at Ravenna, the cupola of which is of one stone, 36 feet diam. outside, 30 feet inside, and hollowed within.

6th. Century.

16. ETHERIUS of Constantinople.—The vestibule called Chalce in the Imperial Palace at Constantinople, for Anastatius I ; and a wall in Thrace 54 miles long.

17. ANTHEMIUS of Tralles.-Sta. Sophia at Constantinople; he was assisted by ISIDORUS of Miletus.

18. CHRYSES of Alexandria.-Constructed the embankments along the Euripus, near Dara, in Persia, to keep the river in its channel, and to keep out the sea.

7th. Century.

19 and 20. ISIDORUS of Byzantium, and JOANNES of Miletus.-The city of Zenobia, on the river Euphrates, in Syria, for Justinian.

8th. Century.

21. ABDELRRAHAMAN I. of Spain.-Gave the designs for the mosque at Cordova.

9th. Century.

22. ROMUALDUS of France.-Cathedral at Rheims, the earliest example of Gothic architecture.

23. MAGNUS EGINHARDUS of Odenwald, in Germany. - Præfect of buildings to Charlemagne, The monastery at Mulinheim, now Seligenstadt; drawing of monastery for Gozpertus, abbot of St. Gall in Switzerland.

24. TIODA of Spain.-Palace for King Alphonso the Chaste, at Oviedo, now the epis copal palace; churches of St. Salvador (since destroyed), St. Michael, and St. Mary, and St. Julius outside the walls.

10th. Century.

25. EBERHARD, abbot, of Switzerland.—Church and monastery at Einsiedlen, in Switzerland, and completed by TIETLAND, abbot.

26. ABDALLAH BEN SAID of Spain. -Eastern aisles of the mosque at Cordova.

11th. Century.

27. BUSKETUS or BUSCHETTO.-Church of S. Paolo at Pistoja, 1032. Duomo at Pisa, the earliest example of the Lombard style of architecture. It was built in 1063. 28. HUMBERT, archbishop, of Lyons. -Erected the stone bridge over the Saone at Lyons, and is recorded as the architect.

29. PIETRO DI USTAMBER of Spain.—Crypt of the cathedral at Chartres, or by bishop Fulbert; rebuilt the church of St. Isidorus at Leon, and erected a bridge there. 30. CARILEPHO, bishop of Durham, of England.-Began the cathedral church of Durham, "on a plan which he had brought with him from France," where he had been abbot of St. Vincent, in Normandy.

12th. Century.

31. LANFRANCUS of Italy.-The cathedral at Modena, 1099-1108.

32. LANDFRIDUS of Normandy. -Erected the castle of Pithiviers in Normandy, and then that of Ivry; after which this "architect" was beheaded, that he might not erect another elsewhere.

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AFTER CHRIST.

33. GUNDULPHUS, bishop of Rochester, of England.—Considered to have designed Rochester Castle; his house, and the abbey for nuns at Malling in Kent; White Tower of the Tower of London, and western portion of Rochester Cathedral; the eastern portion erected later by Bishop ERNULF.

34. Ono, prior of Croyland, of England.-Church of Croyland Abbey. ARNOLD, a lay brother of the abbey, was employed as mason.

35. LALYS of the Land of Canaan.-Neath Castle, Glamorganshire, and other castles, monasteries, and churches; built Lalyston; appointed architect to King Henry I. 36. RAYMUNDO of Montfort, of France.-Cathedral at Lugo, in Spain, all but the belfry and facade.

37. DIOTI SALVI, or D. DE PETRONI, of Italy.-Baptistry at Pisa, in the Lombard style. 38. BUONO of Ravenna -Palaces and churches at Ravenna; tower of St Mark at Venice, which is 330 feet high, and 40 feet square, built 1148-54; the Castel del Uovo and the Castle Capuano, at Naples; and palazzo de' Signori at Arezzo.

39. GRUAMONS of Pistoia.-Part of churches of St. Andrea and of St. Giovanni at Pistoia.

40. ALVAR GARCIA of Estella, in Spain. The reputed designer of the cathedral at Avila del Rey, in Spain.

41. SUGGER, of France.-Built parts of his abbey church of St. Denis, near Paris. 42. PIETRO Cozzo of Limena in Italy.—Sala della Ragione at Padua, which is about 261 feet long, 88 feet wide, and 87 feet high inside. The roof was burnt in 1420, and restored by Rizzio and Piccino, of Venice; it was dismantled by a whirlwind in 1756, and restored by B. Ferracina.

43. WILHELMUS of Germany.-Campanile at Pisa, 178 feet high, with BONANO of Pisa. TOMASO, also of Pisa, completed it in the 14th century.

44. WILLIAM of Sens.-Choir of Canterbury Cathedral, after the fire of 1174; completed by WILLIAM the Englishman.

13th. Century.

45. ISENBERT of XAINCTES, in France.-Bridges at Xainctes and Rochelle. Recommended by King John to the citizens of London as a proper person to finish London Bridge, begun by PETER of Colechurch, in 1176.

46. HELYAS DE BERHAM OF DERHAM, canon of Salisbury, of England.-Overseer for twenty years of the works at Salisbury Cathedral, from its foundation. He was succeeded by a certain ROBERT. He may be the same person who is called Elyas the Engineer, in records of the reigns of Kings Richard I. and John, relating to the repair of the king s houses at Westminster.

47. EDWARD FITZ-ODO of England.—Supposed master of the works at Westminster Abbey Church for King Henry III.

48. ROBERT DE LUZARCHES of France.-Cathedral of Amiens; continued by THOMAS DE CORMONT, and finished by his son Regnault, as stated in the labyrinth in the nave. 49. ESTIENNE DE BONNUEILL of Paris.-Church of the Trinity at Upsala, in Sweden, built after the model of Notre Dame at Paris, with ten companions and as many pupils.

50. WILARS DE HONECORT of France.-Author of a vellum sketch book, preserved at Paris; published by Lassus and Darcel in 1858, and translated by Professor Willis 1859. Church of St. Elizabeth at Cassovia, now Kaschau, in Hungary; and of St. Yved de Braine; and one at Cambray.

51. PIERRE DE CORBIE of France. Many churches in Picardy, and perhaps the apsidal chapels at Rheims Cathedral.

52. JACOPO or LAPO of Florence (there were se -eral other artists of this name).—Church de' Monaci Cassinensi (afterwards the Ves, ovado, and now the cathedral) at Arezzo, continued by Margaritone. The piers of the ponte della Carraja at Florence. 53. JEAN DE CHELLES of France.-Gabled fronts of the transept and first chapels of the choir at the eathedral of Notre Dame at Paris.

54. PIERRE DE MONTEREAU OF DE MONTREUIL, in France.-The first Sainte Chapelle at Vincennes; the refectory, dormitory, chapter-house, and chapel of the Virgin in the monastery of St. Germain des Prés, near Paris; the Sainte Chapelle at Paris, and other churches.

55. HUES LIRERGIERS of Rheims, in France. -Church of St. Nicaise at Rheims, now destroyed. He was succeeded by ROBERT DE COUCY. It is one of the early specimens of pure Gothic in France.

56. SAN GONSALVO of Portugal.-A bridge and a church at Amaranto.

57. SAN PIETRO GONSALVO of Tui, in Portugal.-Stone bridge at Tui.

58. SAN LORENZO of Portugal. - Stone bridge at Cavez.

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