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[M.71L]                                                               [M.71]
[diagram]                                                             No 51.	Ca' Foscari. Ca' Dandolo	71
                                                                      
                                                                      		I have now got six distinct examples of the 4foil
Measures of fig 1 No 51 All across pure space within cusps            		circle between ogee curves:  Two palaces, No's 11 and
a b	2 " 9                                                             		12 of House book - The Young Foscari: Old Foscari
a-c ([diagram])	1 " 3                                                 		-Pisani: and Bernardo:
e-C	2 " 1¼                                                            		Now, neither in Nos 11 nor 12 have I marked whether
c d	1 " 4                                                             (?)		the 4foil cusps are truncated or not;  nor have I
Vertical height of c or d above a-b joined 1 " 1                      		in the Two Foscari.  The Pisani I have got satisfactorily
On the left side, this arch falls on a shaft: on right, on a pil.     		& the Bernardo must get tomorrow Monday
Fig 2 arch mouldings as they fall on shaft abacus head: The space     W. Sixth	Observe also - the 6th order windows with the cusp
h i = 3¾ in and f-g ½ in.  Fig 4: careful section real size           order		to face - a most curious transitional form: of which
of mouldings falling on pil. head:  Produce dotted lines m and n      		I have not verified the section in House No 12 p 15
they are pil. abacus head:  fig 5 Profile careful real size of        		at the top + and below ++
lowest dentil and pil. head: Pil P.                                   		The point to be especially observed in the sections of
                                                                      Cusps		Foscari pattern is the approach of the cusp to the edge
                                                                      		of the moulding, ie. from A. opposite to B.
                                                                      		and again, the difference between the shallow moulding
                                                                      	?	of Danieli and House No 11, q verify: and
                                                                      		and the comparatively deep Doge’s palace and Foscari
                                                                      	No 51 Details of upper story (but one) windows of
                                                                      		house of Henry Dandolo.  Fig 1  Elevation & masonry.
                                                                      		measures opp;  The dentils are counted, and rightly placed,
                                                                      		observing that two blocks join at top, as seen in fig 3,
                                                                      		and two spaces from the bottom.  The slabs of  marble

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