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This section given better at p 51 Palace book. No 12. Contains measures of bases (DUCAL
Section of great cornice of lower story of PALACE UPPER ARCADE)
Doge’s palace; a is the level which re- Great Cornice 1. than such bevels usually: hardly preceivable by the
ceives the bases of the pillars of second eye. Now observe that the distance f f2 - 2 " 6 7/8 is
arcade. f g the great horizontal roll Bases only 1 1/8 inch greater than the half of the circum-
which joins that of the great arches; ferences of the shaft above balustrade: allowing for
e f the square pannels of ros es: I could increment of shaft it is very little more than its true
only to-day get the following measures. half: at all events, the true half is not outside of i
a b 1¾ in. singularly small in Fig 3 or g2 in fig 1. The line g2e in fig 1
c d 4 should therefore cut the line in h in the middle of the
a-f I " 7 side of the square: at which point the bevel b c of fig
a e 11¼ 2 ought , as at n; to coincide with the suare: But the
line i h is drawn exactly from the meeting of this
Further measures of this lower ground arcade bevel with d h or from the natural point of its turn
Round the great corner shaft (Institia) at base when the whole moulding of base is thrown outside of f p3
10 " 4 1/3 Lower arcade 1 Hence the line h i is shorter than h n vide measures; and
--- --- --- --- underneath wreath at top 10 " 1/2 h n if the triangular ornament is on the diagonal, must
Round the other shafts, at base 7 " 8 be shorter than n v2 and b i than v 2 I The adjustment
--- --- --- --- --- at top 7 " 4 of the curves to their conditions must much add to their
Height of Institia shaft from base to wreath 6 " 1 3/4 beauty.
--- --- --- other [ither] shafts 7 " 7 Fig 5 is a rude profile down the cen re of the leaf at k
Intervals between shaft and shaft the first 11 " 9 3/4 its extremity - as that of all the rest, being somewhat
--- --- --- --- --- --- -- --- --- - 2nd 11 " 5 1/2 lower than its root.
Generally 11 " 6 Noah and Vine. As a piece of carving, the vineleaves of the Noah
(Counting from corner column) at the anngle hext bridge of sighs are the most delicate wok
of the whole: Not only have they been cut out like a net
See over. with a complete hollow
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