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 TOO A History of Art int Ancient Egypt. In the case of Egypt this relation gives rise to the following- remarks : I. Supports of the same kind and of the same diameter may have very different heights in one and the same building (Fig. 62). r3m I M Fig. 62.— Temple of Khons, at Thebes. (Description de l' Agypte, t. iii., pi. 55.) t "^^ ii#Wfl#ffl* Ji- Fig. 63. — Temple of Khons, Thebes. {Descr. derEg)'pte, t. iii., pi. 55.) Fig. 64. — Temple of Khons, Thebes. Drscr. deV&^ypte, t. iii., pi. 55.) In a single edifice supports of different kinds but of the same diameter, have no fixed proportions, one to the other. A column with a lotus capital may be higher than one with a bell-shaped termination, and vice versa (Figs. 63 and 64), while, again in a single building, we may find these two differently shaped columns