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 FOURTH PERIOD 352 FYVIE CASTLE main arches, which are at a less angle than a right angle, spring from a carved capital on the newel, adorned with heraldic devices, the capital Chaninon] FIG. 800. Staircase, Chateau de Chaumont. stopping upon the steps as they radiate from the newel. Where the other main arches spring from the round newel they have a wedge-shaped