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A history of ornament (1916)

Hamlin, Alfred Dwight Foster, 1855-1926 · New York, The Century Co. · leaf 294

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ases, of the Attic tj^pe, have spur-leaves some-times but not always; the shafts are usually plain, but 266 ROMANESQUE ORNAMENT sometimes carved with zigzags, spiral flutings, or largequarry-patterns (as at Durham). The capitals arerarely of the Corinthianesque type (Fig. 274; PlateXV, 5), except… … Fig. 574. Capital FROM Lincoln Cathedral. Fig. 275. Capital froji St. Peters,Northampton. types are combined side bj side, as in Plate XV, 1. Theabacus is heavy, molded, sometimes carved with saw-teeth, zigzags or other ornaments. The scallopedcushion type is also very common (Plate XV, 3).…

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