... floor, but it is topped by a plain capital (a convex disk [called an echinus] Acanthus Leaf ArtToday Ionic Capital ArtToday and a square block [called an abacus] formed from a single piece of marble) instead of the intricate scroll work of the Ionic or elaborate acanthus leaves of the Corinthian. Just beneath the echinus is the neck of the column, the hypotrachelion, a continuation of ... ...

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