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                                                                      from b or c in which thw abacus is partly blended with
                                                                      the bill and the more refined are of the profiles, d, e,
                                                                      and forms d, e, 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
                                                                      weakness at the angle;  which however was soon remedied
                                                                      	by introducing a kind of bracket to support it;  hence an
                                                                      exquisite group of graceful  apitals, peculiarly fitted
                                                                      for thick shafts with small excess of which the first
                                                                      type w[a]as 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 good many grand unsymmetrical capitals occur 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 the[d]re and six
                                                                      conceivable

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