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                                                                      		from b or c in which the abacus is partly blended with
                                                                      		the bell and the more refined are of the profiles, d, e,
                                                                      		and forms d1 . e1 By making the bell circular, we have the
                                                                      		great family of Greek capitals, of which the Typical
                                                                      		Doric was the head.  Their fault is the appearance of
[diagrams]                                                            		weakness at the angle: which however was soon remedied
                                                                      		by introducing a kind of buttress bracket to support it;  hence an
                                                                      		exquisite group of graceful capitals, peculiarly fitted
                                                                      		for thick shafts with small excess of which the first
                                                                      		type was the Corinthian, enriched by decorations presently
                                                                      		to be considered:  and all truly fine designs for rich
                                                                      		{circular bell} capitals are founded on the same plan: in
                                                                      		which the bracket support projecting {always} at the same
                                                                      		angle leaves each form of this capital symmetrical.
                                                                      		By throwing out the brackets laterally, and connecting
                                                                      		them by a scroll of which they appear to form the spiral
                                                                      		termination, the principal type was reached of
                                                                      Unsymmetrical capitals:  The Ionic, bad for this reason, and fit only for
                                                                      		facades, and for heavy level superstructures
                                                                      		A grand unsymmetrical capital occurs however in
                                                                      		early Romanesque work, violating in one direction the
                                                                      		law given at p 20 w. opp. but evidently fit only for
                                                                      		the rudest work and smallest scale
                                                                      Decoration of Capitals:  We have then two principal themes for decoration
                                                                      		the form a and b3 opp. evidently however there are six
                                                                      		conceivable

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