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[M2.94L]                                                              [M2.94]								94
                                                                      
                                                                      The 3rd	the arrangement:  At p 43 {turned up} fig 1 gives the section
                                                                      		of a great leaf and breast leaf from the 3rd column,
                                                                      		vid p 4 Pal. book when I took it more inaccurately.  But
                                                                      		the breast leaf in this capital is more delicate
                                                                      		than in any of the others, which are generally as at p
                                                                      The 6th	46 1. which This is from the 6th, whose spiral leaves
                                                                      		above are also ruder (Note:  the shaft with the new pilaster
                                                                      		attached to it in upper arcade comes over the point of
                                                                      		the closed arch between the 5th and 6th pillar.)
                                                                      The 13th   The 13th is the next on this plan.  But it looks
                                                                      		restored:  The lion’s heads are rough chiselled;  and have
                                                                      		large open drill holes to the eyes;  while on the 3rd 
                                                                      		and 6th the heads are stiff {&} smooth {cut}; with sharp
                                                                      		small drill holes in eye.
                                                                      The 16th.  The 16th:  The drill holes in eyes are still more
                                                                      		open:  The eyebrows - here - and in the lions of 13th 
                                                                      		are haired;  in the 3rd and 6th smooth;  (The Noah Ham
                                                                      		and Adam have indeed hairy eyebrows, but not heavy haired,
                                                                      		sharp and severe.)  In this 16th the ridge rib of the
                                                                      		lower {part of the} central leaf becomes a huge round one,
                                                                      		vid section p 44 1 pal book, remaining a sharp ridge on
                                                                      		the curled part above;  Thus, since the third differed
                                                                      		in its breast leaf, and a little in its section, only
                                                                      		the 6th and 13th are exactly alike.

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