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[M.62L] [M.62]
No 37, 38, No 39, 40 St Gregorio. Abbazia 62
No 37 Details of a palace now half destroyed; a gallery
or lower room with levels, build out of its front; just
opposite post office, with note of another.
No 39. Inside of San Stefano. sketch showing general
proportion of arch & moulding.
No 38. One of lateral arches of Fondaco de' Turchi
with foliation of balconies in small rich palace opposite
Salute. A in front B at the side, The vesica piscis is
a little too long, the [diagram] in its points should be [diagram], not
larger.
No 40, 41 Details of the beautiful door into court close to
Salute. No 40. Angle of mouldings of door: note different
treatment of the two ribs, both awkward: the one where
the small rose occurs, on the right, is plastered over, cracked
through, and bound with clamps of iron, so that one
cannot reason from it; but it looks original. The angles
of the cable are given on both sides - evidently the theory
being that it is one rope coiled cotntinuously.
The section is given large and highly curious from the alternate
curve and straight line on opposite sides of the cable rolls: and
from the singular angle dentil, a and a2, the first I
have met with. The roses are superb, double, drawn larger
at A No 41 thought I have not enough given the fine
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[Version 0.05: May 2008]