107	     77
                                                                      
                                                                      CAPITALS
                                                                      	Now, above this bell, if square,we lay our abacus
                                                                      	(A)                    (B)                    (F)
                                                                      
                                                                        giving three seveal capitals   But if round, we have to
                                                                      consider whether an intermediate concave abacus be
                                                                      applied or not
                                                                      Whereon the dotted abacus occurs in
                                                                      early work:  it must be a sign of imitative character
                                                                      or Romanesque workmen:  Now in Venice;  we have: 1st 
                                                                      Family Block cpitals:  Byzntine:  with convex bell C. or
                                                                      concave B:
                                                                      2nd Family:  Contemporary with these Byzantine with
                                                                      complex abacus E e7c.
                                                                      Third Family:  Lombardic with complex abacus
                                                                      4th.  Lombardic: with simple bell under square, great
                                                                      M. pattern.
                                                                      4th Florid.

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