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composite order

Also called: roman order
HB50
late Roman classical order in which capital and entablature combine features of the Corinthian and Ionic Orders
See Figure A.72; Figure A.74
See also: orders <architecture>
The capital contains the scrolls of the Ionic and the acanthus foliage of the Corinthian orders.

Figure A.72: Classical orders of architecture

Figure A.74: Corinthian and composite orders