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Som been of clay, and doon hir Lord servyse:

[image ALT: A Corinthian capital made of brick. It's from the Amphitheatrum Castrense in the Aurelian Walls in Rome.]

Not every ancient column or capital was made of stone.
(Stone just usually survives better.)

See also the brick capitals of the so‑called Temple of the god Rediculus near the Via Appia.

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