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¹ Doric is derived from the species of columns first seen in the cities of Doria (*Vitruvius*, IV, 1). That species of which the Ionians (inhabitants of Ionia) were the inventors has received the appellation of Ionic (*ibid*). Callimachus constructed columns after the model of the tomb in the country about Corinth, hence this species is called Corinthian (*ibid*). The other two orders, Tuscan and Composite, are of Italian or Roman origin. The Tuscan order has reference to the country of Tuscany, formerly called Etruria, in Italy (Gwilt, *Encyclopaedia of Architecture*, article 178).

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De architectura — Vitruvius Pollio, Latin