These are, of course, some things which, for utility's sake, must be made of the same size in a small theatre, and a large one: such as the steps, curved cross-aisles, their parapets, the passages, stairways, stages, tribunals, and any other things which occur that make it necessary to give up symmetry so as not to interfere with utility.


Chapter VI, Sec. 7 - De architectura (The Ten Books On Architecture) (~ 15BC) - Book V

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These are, of course, some things which, for utility's sake, must be made of the same size in a small theatre, and a large one: such as the steps,...

These are, of course, some things which, for utility's sake, must be made of the same size in a small theatre, and a large one: such as the steps,...

These are, of course, some things which, for utility's sake, must be made of the same size in a small theatre, and a large one: such as the steps,...

These are, of course, some things which, for utility's sake, must be made of the same size in a small theatre, and a large one: such as the steps,...