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 FORMS. 119 vertical strokes (Fig. 53). Unfortunately this capital is in much worse condition than the other two ; both the "Teat volutes have o been broken off, and it has suffered in other respects. When FIG. 52. C priot capital. Louvre. 1 perfect, it may perhaps have been the chef d 1 oeuvre of the Cyprian decorator. It shows both invention and richness of taste, but as a whole it is a little heavy ; it is the outcome of an art which, FIG 53. Cypriot capital. Louvre. though not content with the first thing that comes, has not yet learnt to choose, to refine, to carry out with a light and discrim- inating hand. At Cyprus this heaviness of terminal forms was 1 Height, 42 inches ; length of abacus, 47 inches ; thickness, 8 inches.