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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JohnnyC, post: 8314730, member: 101968&quot;]Most likely the scyphate type derived from a desire for larger sized flans which could accommodate more complex designs, particularly for the 11th century histamena.</p><p><br /></p><p>Broader flans though meant thinner fabric and hence a tendency to bend, so the cup shape was likely designed to stiffen the flans of the larger sized types.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ross G.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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