A dictionary of Greek and Roman . and sometimes, as in the Erechtheinm, adornedwith leaf- work (avQefxiov). The capital itself con-sists of, first, an astragal moulding, above whichis an echinus, sculptured into eggs and serpents1tongues, and above this (sometimes with a torusintervening) the eanalis, from which spring thespiral volutes, which are the chief characteristicsof the order. There is generally an ornamentedabacus between the capital and the architrave is in three faces, the one slightlyprojecting beyond the other ; there is a small.

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