Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 · New York, J. Wiley · leaf 138
the capi-tals of the slender shafts: itsown upper stone is thereforealso theirs; its own lower stone,by its revolution or concentration,forms their bells: but to markthe increased importance of itsfunction in so doing, it receivesdecoration, as the bell of thecapital, which it did not receiveas the… … part of the church, is not strong enough to form the capitals ofthe shafts. It therefore forms their abaci only; and in orderto mark the diminished importance of its function, it ceases toreceive, as the abacus of the capital, the decoration which itreceived as the string course of the wall. This…
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