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[M.139L] [M.139]
No 114 Murano. Duomo. House at Murano 139
as I once thought. deduce it entirely from the chipped slab: Figs
2. 3. Section and profile of one of the capitals of lower story of apse.
There are however more graceful ones than this: In 2 the
Two or three of the capitals are in red marble. concave line is the bell & convex flower work - at the angle: at
the side it would be as at 5, or perhaps more correctly 6.
[diagram] of course no undercutting: 4 is leaf a of capital more
accurate. Note these caps are browned or discoloured down to
their point - though of marble. The joints shafts are the purest white
Fig 1 is their base as far as the wear admits of its outline being
felt. It has no angle leaves: the mouldings are circular
down to p, and stand on the plain square plinth below.
House at Murano p 53 l Goth book. Tracery of larger right hand
window: A tracery bar and cusps. B. archivolt the
rest explains itself only note the archaic and ugly setting
of cusp: and the entire and long coincidence of foils with
smaller roll. The [?] cavetto in tracery bar should perhaps be a little
deeper: and the cusp a little wider, to give thickness to
the bar: The circle in middle of 4 foil carries a shield
it projects a little above the cusps, being held as opposite
fig 1.
How different the ungraceful cusp pinned on to the curve as
it were, from the scymitar one at page 48 l.
No 114. Gives the windows looking to the garden, at the back of this same
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[Version 0.05: May 2008]