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                                                                      			Lyons Cathedral
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                                                                      		carries that also;  and when this is the case  the whole
                                                                      		pier is symmetrical as in fig 1 the shaft C half way
                                                                      		between A and B with a regular double tore running round
                                                                      		all the members:  the whole carried on a pedestal of the
                                                                      		shape fig 1 opposite;  quite regular;  and the outer tore
                                                                      		of the circular bases overlaps this base, in the places
                                                                      		marked in fig 1  only of course it should do so equally
                                                                      		in both the large circles;  The angles of the square
                                                                      		pedestal are there filled with leaves of which fig 2 No 184
                                                                      		is plan and fig 3 profile with section of entire base,
                                                                      		and larger above fig 4.
                                                                      		When however the shaft only carries the face arch, it
                                                                      		is thrust further in to carry it more neatly;  and the
                                                                      		result is the most singular arrangement fig 2 No 183
                                                                      		where the base of the C. shaft is thrust right off
                                                                      		the hexagonal semipedestal overlapping it far on one
                                                                      		side;  and an odd shaped leaf (fig 5  No 184) put in to
                                                                      		fill up on the other:
                                                                      		In fig 1 No 183 the letters r s &c refer to same letters
                                                                      		in lines of section fig 3 No 184  In fig 2 No 183 u is
                                                                      		missed for clearness.
                                                                      		In this Lyons base there we have the first entire formation
                                                                      		of Gothic;  The deep cavetto, the entirely
                                                                      		altered construction of tores - all resemblance
                                                                      		to the Attic base lost sight of and

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