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[M.175L] [M.175]
No 124, 125 Byzantine House near Foscari 175
Byzantine Houses: The oldest which I have found consistent with itself in
Venice, I should consider that behind the Casa Foscari of which
all the traces that remain are outlined on No 124.
Fig 2 on that paper, is the medallion marked 2 larger and
fig 3 the cornice section A. All the rest is in its right
place, and about right proportion: all that is drawn exists,
and nothing more: the rest being all built up or destroyed.
This is especially to be regretted with regard to the smaller arches
whose construction cannot be made out: What can be made
out is however very simple in plan: the cornice A. and fig
3 runs along the whole range: fragment of it only appearing
until the flank of the large arch, when luckily the whole
plaster head & simple cylindrical shaft head attached are
preserved, and seen in No 125: while the bases are safe
all along: and show that the main arch has been carried by
pilasters; (Compare round arches of rich house upstairs near Rialto)
- while each lateral arch has had two shafts, thrown into
pairs between then, and terminating again in a pilaster
at the side of the house. One of the pairs of bases: which
are all of red Verona marble, is given fig 1 p 73 l.
Gothic book. The shafts are however all gone: but I found
the intervals between ring & ring, i.e. from point a in fig
1 p 73 l to its opposite b: on No 124. 3 " 8 from
c to d 3 " 10 from d2 to e 3 " 10 and e2 f 3. 8
Vid p 177.
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[Version 0.05: May 2008]