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[M.29L]                                                               [M.29]
	Ft.	in.                                                              No 8	Venice  Ducal Palace  Upper Arcade	29
No 8.  Fig 1, a-b		7¾                                                 
b-c 		 ¾	This dimension constant in the six                           		substituted, causing a curious and most graceful irregularity:  Let
occurrences                                                           		l stand for leaf, and b for berry:  then, beginning with the lowest leaf
c-d (round)		6 1/8	This also constant                                 		and opposite berry as seen in drawing, they follow upwards in the
d2-e		6 5/8                                                           		following order, which shows their sequence and opposition both.
e-f		9                                                                		Left hand, outer edge of moulding [diagram]
e-x	1	 ¾	}producing e f and g f2                                      		Rt hand inner edge
g-x		4 7/8	in contact with the tore                                   Doges Palace. Ven. No 8.  Contains details of upper arcade outside
b-d2 or f-f2 ,(round)		6¾                                             Small Balus	Beginning at the entrance next St marks, fig 1 A is
* vid below                                                           trade		the section of the shaft next the wall at the end of
g-h		7 5/8	ie. at top of balustrade                                   		the arcade: B is the middle shaft at the end, C,
h-i		7	at contact of top of bale. & shaft                             		the corner shaft above great corner capital D. the
g-k (round)	2	6¼	at top of balustrade                                 		first of series towards piazzetta:  The Dentil, w
l-m		6 1/3	i.e. breadth of balle at its top                           		marked, in A is the Venetian dentil outside, next great
                                                                      		entrance door: and then the outer & inner sections, e2 i,
Let l-m with [diagram] o.n. represent a section of the balustrade below		e-i are identical:  e2 - f3 measuring also
its cornice;  (though its entire breadth is less there, owing to recession of		The shaft B.is a little smaller than the shafts in the front
cornice as seen in e f2, fig 2) with its first half shaft, then       	(A)	whose circumferences just above balustrade vary from
                                                                      		4 ft 8¾ to 4 ft 9.
m-n		5/8                                                              		Fig 2 Section across balustrade through the head of one
l-o		1                                                                		of the balusters:  The moulding a d is the cornice,
                                                                      		its measures on next page.  One side of the square of the
Now returning to the upper surface of cornice on which one leans the arm		upper abacus e f i e  e-f2 measures 5¼ in;  this abacus

i-p	5 "	11:	r2-s2	  6 " 6

This i-p is the clear interval between the shafts; since the balustrade
is within their outer semi diameter (q-r at base of shaft is,
* f2-g		1¼	round 1 " 4½ and all
Circumference of B at	4 "	8¼	along piazzetta beginning with
top of balustrade
LINE LINE of C at do	7 "	4¾	q2 r3 of D it is 1 " 4¾ or
1 " 5

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