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No 127[6] ST MARKS SOUTH PORTICO
O o o St Marks. The aba[c]cus of the great capital of the main angle
Doge’s Palace shaft. shaft next Porta della Corte is given on No 127
real size very carefully: it is itself remarkable for
Front of St Marks its sharp and careful cutting, like that of Fondaco
Measures of shaft A de Turchi and for its beautiful curves. The spaces a b
One side of its basic pl[p]inth (square) 2 " 8¼ is a thick joint filled with cement and s[m]mall stones
Circumf of shaft: at insertion in base 5 " 2½ at c is the top of the abacus under the serpentine
Height of shaft to its lower of two heading fillets block which is plinth for the four upper pillars. The
11 " 1¾ measures of this shaft opposite, shaft A in opposite plan
--- --- --- to root of bell of capital 11 " 6 It seems to me that the shaft e which carries the other
Circumf. of shaft under the bell 5 " 2½ side of the arch towards the front, is not opposite
---c--- --- under lower fillet 4 " 8 B. but inside of it. At the root of the shafts, the in-
--- -- --- -- two feet down 4 " 8½ terval between A & B is 9 " 5 The circumf. of the shaft B
--- --- --- -- four --- --- --- 4 " 9¾ at its base is 5 " 3½ under its lower fillet at top
-- --- ------ six -- --- --- 4 "11 4 "10½ height to that fillet 10" 11 and to bell root,
One side of the abacus square at C No 127 3 " 9 11 "[/]3 and one side of its basic plinth 2 " 7 The inter-
One side of the green block above 3 " 8 val between B. and C us at root of shafts, 8 " 7 The
Height of do 1 " 2½ circumf. of C. at base, 4 " 7 under fillet 3 " 11 its
Depth of dentil above it 2½ height and fillet 11 " 1 to bell 11 " 5 and the interval
Vertical height of slope above dentil 1 between C and A at root of shaft is 13 " 10 Now if C. be
One side of square of abacus at b No 127 3 " 3 opposite B; take 9 " 5 x 5 " 2½ - 9 " 5 x 2 " 7¼ - 11 - No
Vide p 201. 2
I forgot a third circumference. It is too lonf for to-
night.
Vid p 201.
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