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Rh spread of the capital. Thus in Fig. 114, where the expansion of the capital reaches about its maximum, the thickness of the abacus is equal to nearly half its total height. In Fig. 113, where the capital is not so spreading, the abacus is not so thick. The

FIG. 112.

capitals of the triforium of Laon (Fig. 115) have about the same spread as those of the choir of Paris, and the thickness of their abaci is in about the same proportion. But in the massive and but slightly expanded capitals of the ground-story columns the abaci are comparatively thin.