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made to support a parapet, as in the Cathedral of Florence. Other strings conform no less to the classic types, anything like a drip-stone being of rare occurrence in Italy.
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FIG. 164.
It is not necessary to examine in detail the profiles of the pointed buildings in Spain; they are, of course, mainly Gothic. But, like the whole structural system, they are French rather than Spanish. What minor, local modifications of outline a thorough examination of them would reveal, I know not, but such modifications, if they exist, are certainly unimportant.