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236 191[o]
No 30. TORCELLO STA FOSCA
Torcello: Note first (8th February) no leaft plinths there of any
importance - one runs round the Sta Fosca outside
and in - but it is nothing more than the sloping abacus
of the capitals, decorated where it runs along the wall
with a dentil and leaf merely line the outer cornice of
the circular arch of the Byzantine rose up the stairs near
the Rialto nor are there any rich animal friezes;
This inside of Sta Fosca is remarkable chiefly for the
pretty turning of its angles by double stilted arches,
two pairs; each bearing as a detached shaft, looking like
the origin of the idea of the angles of St Marks; v[b]id
Fig 1 Back of No 130: The interior capitals of Sta Fosca
are the widest at Rorcello: all the common Fondaco de
Turchi imitation of Corinthian: but its exterior capi-
tals have been very quaint, though now choked up with
deposit from the bricks above, or worn away; In two,
if not more, the leaf basketwork in wavy lines on a bell
triply cloven and rounded on each side occurs,
which I supposed Byzantine only; and that also worked
with great care, each of the leaves having a central rib;
Fig 1 No 130 is section of one of these undercut capitals
which springs from an octagonal shaft, in the western (sup-
posing
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