Etiam quod antiqui non probaverunt, neque instituerunt in fastigiis <mutulos aut> denticulos fieri sed puras coronas, ideo quod nec cantherii nec asseres contra fastigiorum frontes distribuuntur nec possunt prominere, sed ad stillicidia proclinati conlocantur.
Further, as to the ancients neither approving nor arranging that in the pediments there should be either mutules or dentils, but plain cornices, this was because neither principals nor rafters are fixed to project on the front of gables, but are placed sloping down to the eaves.
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