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[M.113L] [M.113]
No 89 90. Ducal palace. Lower arcade. Bacon palace 113
Note: ramification of gamboge. q. of any glutinous colouring No 89 belongs to p 6 of palace book: when the section of
matter - suffered to run tolerably thick down a smooth surface one of the archivolts of lower story of Ducal palace is given.
into water. Fig 1 begins with one of the front rolls, a b: It is curious
that these rolls should not fall united on the abacus
but separated by about ½ an inch: as seen in elevation
fig 3 which also shows the recess between the rolls
from which most assuredly in this pillar, the marbles
have been taken away: Here then we have had marble
coating solid masonry. The pure semicircles of the rolls
[diagram] continued united at their bases up to the recess, which is about
2 inches deep, and thence upwards the section of archivolt
is of course as opposite (fig 1). the recess a b being quite rough hewn.
Fig 1 with its measures inside (p c Palace book giving on
to l joins l of fig 2, also with its measures inside). H in
which is of course the half of back section & opposite a of
fig 1. Observing the abacus octagonal, its side given
and the distance s s2 I can construct all.
No 90 is only kept as the original of the figure on next
page l which is a tracery of part of section opposite with
its dogtooth real size.
No 91 to 94 descend and fit in order: they are traced
on the pieces of inlaid stone of the right hand side of
the arch described on last page, and on No 87. The
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[Version 0.05: May 2008]