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PROFILES IN ENGLAND & OTHER COUNTRIES
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files B, in the same figure, from the nave, and C, from the Presbytery, of Lincoln, are illustrations of some of the best

FIG. 148.

forms; while such poor outlines as A, Fig. 149, from the choir of Ely, P and C, from the triforium of the nave of Lincoln,

FIG. 149.

D, from the triforium of the choir of Hexham, and E, from the clerestory of the choir of Whitby, are not uncommon.

The square plinth, like the square abacus, is unusual in