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[M.26L] [M.26]
[diagram] No 6. Verona. Scala Monuments 26
Measures of lower story of Can Signorio.
(I think) a red ground, the bas reliefs richly gilt & painted also
Round the shafts at base: 3 " 6¼ The flow of the leaves thoroughly fine; far above northern Gothic
Interval between shaft and shaft 4. " 1½ work: the whole sarcophagus look cin.cento in style.
One side of hexagonal basic plinth of shafts 11. No 6. Fig 1. Base (with section) of one of the pillars of
Interval between angle & angle of these bases 3 " 5 the six detached niches round; already carefully drawn, each
Interval between round shaft & outside square with its statue as large as life: This base is the real size
pilaster of niche 2. " 11½ or about it: the measure being (two dots separating ft and
Across the monument from angle of basic inches) Height of capital alone, 7 inch and ¾: Height of
plinth to angle of opposite. 8 " 7½ simple shaft 4 "6 - circumference of do 1 " 3¾ To ground
from lower fillet of capital 4 " 11¾ The arch of the niche
[diagram] Arrangement of small panel and outer is slightly stilted, its foil being flat and falling equally within
moulding of the round arches of the the great arch, their measures give the line of the great arch
six niches round tomb of Can Signorio i e. a - b (opposite) 1 " 7½ c - c2 11 in: d - e 6 in
F. Vide section on back of No d - f 9¾ in a - d 7¼in.
Fig. 2: Section of mouldings on capital abacus head:
Each side of the abacus is 6¾ in: the other measures were
inaccessible: the dotted lines are the lozenges of the enclosing
arch: but the section is better and more truly given on the back
of No 2. Vid: [gap] only note that the four arches of the
niche appear to be built of four simple slabs of stone of
the thickness a b (fig 2 No 6) and a dome very flat
of plaster, fills up the roof under the pinnacle, its corners
coming rudely down into the angle at a.
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[Version 0.05: May 2008]