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Rh angles requiring support from crockets. Instead of crockets, therefore, a continuous series of shallow projections, carved into vigorous leaf forms, is carried with graceful art around

FIG. 140.

the bell, just under the abacus, affording that apparent support which the eye requires. Under the conditions involved a more admirable outline than that of the bell of this capital could hardly be devised.