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survey of occurrences in medieval times is given by V. Mortet (s.v. colonne) in Dictionnaire d'Archéologie Chrétienne et de Liturgie; but a comprehensive work, which the present writer proposes to undertake, is lacking. One of the many tasks of such an undertaking would be to consider the significance of spirally fluted columns in theaters and their possible connection with the palace architecture presumably reflected in stage settings.19 Another would be to trace the steps by which this unusual type of column became firmly rooted in the repertoire of Christian art.20
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