Reliqua spatia, quod latiores sint metopae quam triglyphi, pura relinquantur aut numina scalpantur, ad ipsumque mentum coronae incidatur linea quae scotia dicitur.
The remaining spaces, because the metopes are broader than triglyphs, are to be left plain, or divine images are to be carved; and at the very edge of the cornice a line is to be cut in which is called the scotia.
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