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A kind of Ellipse or horseshoe is incidentally produced in DUCAL PALACE NICHES ST MARKS NICHES
the foliation from Cremona p 46 1. it has on its north and south sides, the arch fig 2
p 48 1 more accurately fig 1 p 49 1 a very pure and
graceful pointed arch and foliation, while on its eastern
and western sides it has the only genuine egg shaped
arch I ever saw, with an elliptical foliation carefully
drawn with spandril at p 48 fig 3. The cusp in both
arches is perfectly plain: the capitals are as in the
south eastern niche.
St Marks.
Niches of St Marks. One is superior to all the rest that noted as
(2) at p 60 St M. it is the last of all - farthest back
from the square on North side, and on the projecting angle
one of its sides has had the cusps restored. It is
the simplest possible plan of a niche: it has four sides
eight massy simple slabs of stone; cut into the cusps
and mouldings; and a flat top with a hole in the centre -
no vaulting whatever - then the pyramidal canopy is set
on this level slab: This plan of niche is adopted in
more elaborate works and an imitative vaulting filled
in with plaster; but I like the simple and massy masonry
of these square ones better. I am not certain
of the jointing, but there is one joint certainly
through the apex of each arch, and the other fitted at
each angle among the dentils
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