capital1 (s.xii3/4)
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capital1 (s.xii3/4)

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  FEW:  capitellum 2/i,259a Gdf:  chapitel 1 2,62a GdfC:  chapitel 9,44a TL: chapitel 2,245 DEAF:  chapitel  DMF:  chapiteau 1  TLF:  chapiteau  OED:  capital n.1  MED:  capital n.2  DMLBS:  capitellum 271a
capetal;  capiteil,  capitel, 
pl. chapiteaulx,  chappiteaulx  

s.

1archit.capital, top section of a pillar or column: 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Corbement de desus i mistrent les capetaus  4282
( c.1192; MS: c.1275 )  Li capitel e li piler  136.Y827
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiv2 )  Iloches dedenz trovai uns pilers d’or [...] de grant groissee quarante pez alz, tresque as capitals  66
( MS: s.xiii2 )  epistilium quod gallice dicitur capitel idem est quod summitas columne  i 297
( MS: s.xiii/xiv )  epistilum: capital  ii 83
( 1433 )  […] a chappiteaulx eslevez a ymaiges  B21
2lye preparation: 
( c.1240; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  d’olie e de capitel tant que suffise  i 86
cadel  cadeler  chapitral 
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