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Romanesque and Gothic capitals are the distinctive forms of capital used in the columns of these two two architectural styles. In architecture, a capital is the section of a column between the abacus and the column proper.

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History edit

Various capitals:

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Types edit

Scallop edit

Scalloped capital at St Peter's Church, Conisbrough, England

Romanesque

Cushion edit

Romanesque

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Early English

Crocket edit

A crocket capital in the Collegiate Church of Our Lady, Semur-en-Auxois, France.

Gothic

Stiff-leaf edit

Stiff-leaf carving at St Lawrence's Church, Thornton Curtis, England.

Gothic transitonal C12-C13

Water-leaf edit

Water-leaf carving at St Peter's Church, Creeton, England.

Gothic transitional

Moulded edit

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^ Curl, James Stevens (2006), "capital", A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/acref/9780198606789.001.0001/acref-9780198606789-e-832?rskey=lnkzja&result=3, ISBN 978-0-19-860678-9, retrieved 31 July 2023

[1] Curl, James Stevens (2006), "capital", A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/acref/9780198606789.001.0001/acref-9780198606789-e-832?rskey=lnkzja&result=3, ISBN 978-0-19-860678-9, retrieved 31 July 2023

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