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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Add new Web site: Academia - Architectural Ornamentation - Birth of Modernism.	Gloria Lotha	Nov 17, 2016
	New article added.	Kathleen Kuiper	Oct 13, 2009
	Illustration of Gothic-style ornamentation added.	Kathleen Kuiper	Oct 13, 2009