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                                                                      	             VERONA  BRIDGE  GATEWAY
						Ft.	in                                                          Span of great arch:  and its height from point to cross
	1.	Breadth  of entire gateway from jamb to jamb	12.  1¾              bar:  (point of ar[n]c[l]h - not of foliation) is 3ft 2:  The
12.	Breadth of entire side above or below                             bases plinths of the shafts are exactly the same plan and
		the capital, (a-d fig 1.)	  	 5.	1½                                 size, as the capital abacus:  leaving interval of 3ft 8
3.	The two courses of bent bricks, each, wide		2 1/5 ne               	  No 7, (now 3)  On one side, half of the arch:  on
				       nearly 2¼                                                  the other the moulding between the brick:  The lines of
4.	Each brick long more or less		    10  (the                         	this ornament and its leaves come gleaming out in
			                           bricks are counted)                     	silver from the darkened marble:  it is impossible
5.	Width of marble inserted moulding including                        that anything could be lovelier or more perfect.  It is
		the two fillets		     5 1/3                                         drawn real size:  its depth of cutting as in section
6.	c-d (fig 1)		1   11 (or                                            shows at about the third of an inch:  and the fillet
					    10 5/6)                                                      border about ½ an inch:  the flowers rising to same level,
7.	a-b (fig 1)		2	4 1/3                                               the narrowest stalks a little below it, like a second arch
	 (Then (3) x 2,    (5)   (6)  (7) all separately measured            of tracery:  the leaves quite flat [flay] and not ribbed.  Note
		 breadth of cement. Not measured, should -	  (2)	)                  how this character depends on their straight contours:  as
8.	Entire height of capital		1	6                                      opposed to thecurve of less flat mouldings: as that of
9.	Top of abacus to top of bell, (b-d fig 2)		5½                      the sarcophagus of Mostico in No 1.  The measures oppo-
10.	a-b (fig 2) in the front of the capital,		1½                      site.
		but at its side.  (note this)		  	3	                                The coil of the moulding drawn was the lowest:  there are
11.	b-c (fig 2)			2½                                                  26 on each side of the arch: at its top, a(cats?) head
12.	Depth of jamb (stonework) occupied by form	2                      holds the cord in its mouth, and instead of leaves a bird
		of the leaves and a bit                                             is inserted into the roll on its right, and into the third
13.	Breadth of each leaf of capital			5  in                           roll on its left.  The plan of the moulding is to have a
14.	Interval between each leaf			 ½                                   leaf in the large side interstice, and berry in small
                                                                      one opposite, but, as seen in the drawing a smaller
                                                                      leaf is sometimes as if for experiment

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