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[M.191L] [M.191]
No 130 Torcello. Sta Fosca. 191
Torcello: Note first (8th February) no leaf plinths there of any
importance - one runs round the Sta Fosca outside and in
- but it is nothing more than the sloping abacus of the capitals
Plinths becoming , decorated where it runs along the wall with a dentil.
abaci and leaf merely like the {outer} cornice of the circular arch
of the Byzantine house up the stairs near the Rialto
nor are there any rich animal friezes;
The inside of Sta Fosca is remarkable chiefly for the pretty
turning of its angles by double {stilted} arches, two pairs; each
bearing as a detached shaft, looking like the origin of
the idea of the angles of St Marks; vid No Fig 1 Back of
No 130: The interior capitals of Sta Fosca are the
widest at Torcello: all the common Fondaco de
Turchi imitation of Corinthian: but its exterior
capitals have been very quaint, though now choked
up with deposit from the bricks above, or worn away;
In two, if not more, the leaf basketwork [?] in
wavy lines on a bell triply cloven and rounded on
each side [diagram] - occurs; which I supposed Byzantine
only; and that also worked with great care, each
of the leaves having a central rib:
Fig 1 No 130 is section of one of these undercut capitals
which springs from an octagonal shaft, in the western (supposing
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