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[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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