[NB.25L] [NB.25] 25 The proportion a form of [drawing] a capital in no wise depends on the height of a shaft a.Giotto but on its actual diameter. Any capital fitted to that b. Pure [?] diameter may be set on the shafts at any height c. Venice down to the ground as in Lucca [diagram] a [diagram] b [diagram] must not [?] two of same thing - must not elongate capital on abacus unnaturally and must not turn graceful line a into ugly line b.
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