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The Ordonnance of Egyptian Colonnades. 141 accent and strength to an angle, as in the Great Hall at Karnak (Fig. 124). At the Temple of Khons the terminations of the two rows of columns which form the portico are marked by antae on the inner face of the pylon (Fig. 126), while the wall which o ^ * Fig. 12!. — Anta, Luxor; second court. Description, lii. 5. Fig. 122. — Anta, Goumah. From Gailhabaud. incloses the pronaos is without any projection except the jambs of the door. This arrano-ement has an obvious 7'aison cfetre ; if the columns were brought close up to the pylon their outlines would .not combine happily with its inclined walls. At the other o u O ( ^^^ r Fig. 123.— Anta, Medinet-Abou. Fig. 124. — Anta in the Great Hall of Karnak. extremity of the court, the wall being perpendicular, there was no necessity for such an arrangement.^ A glance at Fig. 126 will The arrangement in question is capable of another and, perhaps, more simple explanation. The tvvo rows of columns of which the portico in