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GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE
CHAP.
FIG. 113.
But in capitals of the same magnitude and the same form there seems to be no systematic difference in the thickness of the abacus whatever its location may be. The abaci of the capitals in the canopies of the buttresses of the façade of Paris, for instance, are, though comparatively low down, relatively as thick as those on
