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In each of the orders, including the Doric, the column was given a base one half of a diameter in height (the unit of measurement being the diameter of the lower part of the shaft, the _crassitudo_ of Vitruvius).
A Text-Book of the History of Architecture Seventh Edition, revised 1890
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