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[No.15] [RL 1636 box] [part] [diagram] Fig 1 No 15 Casa d ‘Oro p. 42. M [drawing] [diagram] [diagram] A Base of great shaft [diagram] B Base of Balustraade [diagram] C Fig. 2. [?] A. the base of main shafts of first floor; (not ground floor) Between beautiful balustrade: As in doges palace; this entire base Turns andd forms the face of the plinth of balustrade, while as at Behind, the shaft stands on the solid plinth - C: the Height of this plinth, a b, and therefore of the base from a to b at A, is 7 in: the horizontal distance b C is 2 ½ in. B is the base of the balustrade shafts; which stand in the exact centre great of the plinth, whose breadth across top, b2 -c2 is 8 ¾ in. [No digital image] ‘No. 15’. Photocopy of sheet from Pierpont Morgan Library with same Sheet number and M reference, containing fig 3. Perhaps the Morgan sheet is the lower half, but M refers only to figs 1 and 2] Fig 3. of shaft inches I e height of capital without 4 1/3 41/34 1/3 Abacus h g 4 - 4 g f 1/3 1/3 f e 1 2/3 / 2/3 e d ½ ½ - a - dd = d2 c/2c a little less [none ?] the same b2 c 1 ¼ ¼ a2 b3 4 1/3 4 1/3 a2 h/2 1 “ “ 1 1. h2 b3 ½ ½ 2 3 10 a2 x 10 h y, (side of abacus head) 4 4 which is exactly /equal to side of the - - basic plinth do The plinths are set in centre of great plinth Which measures across 8 ¾ [diagram] Fig 3. Section and measures of the Head of balustrade. x - x2 is the outer cornice : the dotted line is that of its flowerwork; which flows over its edges above the cavetto. The ornaments marked take place [diagram] On each side of the balustrade alike here at the side ; it is the recess with flowerwork between the capitals; and observe that the vertical at h should fall within the vertical above g. Vid No 16 No 15. Casa d’ Oro. Nov. 16th . P.42. M.
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