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3-7. The height of this base (i.e., the one attached to the pedestal) is divided into four parts; of these the first part from the plinth to the upper bald (or fillet) is divided beginning from one, and increasing by one and ending at eight parts: this should be the height of the pedestal, (which is) stated to be of nine varieties, or it may be of twelve varieties when it (its height) extends gradually to the middle portion (i.e. up to the two parts out of the four into which the height of the base is divided).³