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244 ENGLAND-NORMAN PERIOD [CH. xxvraUncon with nothing to balance it on the other, and on the left-.hand capitalis an ill-designed piece of foliageat onecorner with no resemblance to nature and no relationto anything. Nothing could be much more barbarous.An early rudimentary attempt to decorate the cushioncapital is shown by Fig. 141 from ELY, where thecorners are adorned by a very abstract form of leaf witha simplescroll turn-over.This is said to be partof AbbotFig. 141.Enrichmentof thecushioncapitalSimeon's work, but though nothing could well be simplerit is more advanced than anything byhis brother atWinchester. There are precisely similar angle leaves inthe capitalsof Ernulfs cryptat Canterbury.The next step was to break up the cushion by flutingit,which marked a decided advance and;then the semicircularends of the cushion so divided were decoratedby sunk carving as at Ludlow, in the arcading of the