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[M.177L] [M.177] Byzantine House near Foscari. 177
Height from a (No 124) the top of the base, to the top of cornice g
7 " 7. while the distance b c across the joined bases; is 11 in
Now the inner rolls above g are broken away directly & filled up The other measures are opposite: and will be intelligible after
with brickwork: How they were once filled the state of the opposite the analysis of the archivolt.
arch seen in no 125, may suggest, but not establish: I could At p 74 Gothic book, upside down, fig 1 is the section
only get the measures {of span} from within the outer roll i.e. xq yr in No 124 h3 h4 {vid below opp.} The tracery of the white marble is in flat deep
which = 4 " 4 fillets, not rounded, the animal cutting all excessively
Height C h 7 " 5 rude. In the centre of the arch at the top is the hand
Width of architrave h2 h 0 " 7 fig 1 p 76 in which the sun is marked by a ball with
These arches there are also the highest in stilt, I have met a cross incision only: while in the cross at Murano it is
with, stilted the height of their own shafts. two concentric circles: The ornaments corresponding on
Now by rights (I have drawn this wrong) h3 the top of the opposite side mark this arch as all of a piece, and
architrave of great arch, should be on a level with h2: the depth bring its date to that of these curious heads. All is of
of the architrave h3 h4 is 1 " 6½ from centre to centre course worked in from the stone.
of the red rolls, p - q is 11 in. I could not get the span of The upper part of the section - common also to the stilted
arch on abacus, but from r to s is 9 " 9 and h4 - C2 is 6 " 8½ arches, is given in detail with section in red Fig 2 p 73 l
m n is accurately drawn, but n. o is perhaps truer in
proportion; both may be tested by the section from m to
edge of page, p 74 which is the real size exactly while
* Taking that section from h3 to h4 it is h3-h4 of No 124 from k1 to s t with edge of page, gives the size of one of the dentils.
k2 it is k1 k2 of No 124. (The lines are wrong, which in fig 2 p 73 l cross the recesses
of section) Note the early form of dentil sloped in from surface.
As usual in buildings of this date, this outer moulding
is curiously tapered to the fall on abacus.
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