History of mediæval art . chappears to have been first brought into general use in Saxony, at atime when in the Rhenish countries the traditional forms of theCorinthian capital were still retained. It is unquestionably true 26o ROMANIC ARCHITECTURE. that the formation of the Romanic cube capital answers the re-quirements of a projecting transition from the circular plan of theshaft to the square plan of the abacus, not only in a more pleasingmanner than did the trapeze-shaped capital of the Byzantine style,but more naturally than did many of the later capitals of convex lower par
History of mediæval art . chappears to have been first brought into general use in Saxony, at atime when in the Rhenish countries the traditional forms of theCorinthian capital were still retained. It is unquestionably true 26o ROMANIC ARCHITECTURE. that the formation of the Romanic cube capital answers the re-quirements of a projecting transition from the circular plan of theshaft to the square plan of the abacus, not only in a more pleasingmanner than did the trapeze-shaped capital of the Byzantine style,but more naturally than did many of the later capitals of convex lower part corresponds to the curve of the Doric echi-nus, and gives a more vigorous and organic character to the medi-ating member than did the weak concave of the Corinthian remaining sides of the cube take the place of the abacus,which in the Doric capital was separated from the echinus, whilethe mouldings above, increasing the projection, emphasize the ter-minating plinth. On the whole, it may be said that in the Ro-.
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