Horton, Caroline W · New York, Hurd and Houghton; Cambridge, The Riverside press · leaf 73
the abacus.Above them is placed an orna-ment, sometimes of rose form,and sometimes a palm like flower. The outerbranches extend towards the corners of the abacus,and here they also form whorls, but much largerthan the central ones. The abacus, curving out-ward to these corners, gives an opportunity… … Helices. Architecture. 6i i^y&. ovolo, fillet, and cavetto, rising one above another.The acanthus leaves of the lower row sometimesgave way to the slender lance-like leaves of thewater reeds, and in other ways this order was varied,but never so as to lose its general characteristics. The…
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