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out of the same block may at least leave open the possibility that it had a function 11 not strictly architectural, for example, as supporting member of a ciborium, or as a pedestal. There is, of course no wey to date the piece at present. Comparable 12 fragments have been found at Antioch. No.157 is much smaller, No.159 is somewhat smaller. This latter may have had an architectural function as it was found in a villa. The largest fragment of all, No.158, about the same size as the Curium theater fragment, has a flared base and is almost certain, from its size, to have been used architecturally. No.156, a colonette, resembles the ciborium pillar 13 illustrated on a pyxis of the Basilewsky Collection. Unfortunately, the find circumstances of all these pieces assist very little in determining their original use.
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Spirally fluted columns were also in use at Salamis. A large column is said to be built into the Church of St. Barnabas. 14 Two fragments of blue marble of considerable diameter (one foot, seven inches) were found in the so-called Temenos of Zeus during the excavations of 1890. 15 Through the 16 kindness of Mr. Vassos Karageorghis of the Cyprus Museum, photographs of these - including two additional fragments, or the originally reported fragments broken up - are reproduced here (figs.12-13 Pl. ). These examples, taken together with the Curium and Soli ones, suffice to establish the claim of Cyprus to a widespread use of this type of column in ancient times. That the tradition never entirely died out can also be shown by a single striking example out of probably many which could be collected; the Renaissance Baldachino at Aschelia. 17 One of the purposes of this note is to draw attention to the need for a comprehensive study of spirally fluted columns as a cultural manifestation in Europe from Minoan to Baroque and even later times. Victor Chapot made a 18 very useful compilation of (exclusively ancient) materials some fifty years ago; but more has accumulated and perspectives have changed since then. A general
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