[M2.162L]                                                             [M2.162]								162
                                                                      
                                                                      		small and pinched in and the heavy or rather awkward
                                                                      		pedestal still more pinched close to their edge, while the
                                                                      		harsh angles of the vaulting pier going straight
                                                                      		down unbanded produces a combination so awkward and harsh
                                                                      		that an Italian eye could not have endured it for a moment.
                                                                      		The section of the capital roughly at p 54 ; in
                                                                      		which all above a is a wall plinth which runs as a cornice
                                                                      		round the edge of the vaulting pier, that being
                                                                      		considered as wall  while it only crowns the capitals of
                                                                      		the shafts, the arrangement is seen in my rude sketch
                                                                      		p 55 1 and exactly in the same way, the same cornice runs
                                                                      		along this wall above and below the edge shafts of the
                                                                      		small arches of the transepts p 52 1.
                                                                      Bases.		Next, note that the same pinched character of base is still
                                                                      		more remarkable in the pillars of the apse, which have
                                                                      		circular plinths;  quite out of proportion - miserably 
                                                                      		mean and turning lathe like.  No vestige of angle leaves
                                                                      		in any of these meagre bases:  They are Roman bases or
                                                                      		bits of bog like pedestals - tall or low.  The want of
                                                                      		perception of proportion is felt doubly coming from
                                                                      		Italy.  The capitals of these apse piers, p 58 1
                                                                      		show the same fault.
                                                                      		The most curious discovery of all though, was a capital of
                                                                      		a short shaft at the west end of the nave;  with
                                                                      		leaves rudely cut;  but almost facsimiles - and absolutely
                                                                      		the same

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