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Ruskin identifies four horizontal architectural features as ‘plinths’ on the western façade and sides of St Mark’s. The Basic Plinth (St Marks.Basic Plinth); a second plinth just above it on which stand the lower storey columns; the Great Plinth between the upper and lower columns, a dominant wide band; and the Ice Plinth which surmounts the upper columns.
For the Basic Plinth see Notebook M.sheet1 indicating discussion at Notebook M p.189; Notebook M p.190; Notebook M p.196; Notebook M p.197 and Notebook M p.198L. Also St M[arks] Book p.22; St M[arks] Book p.29L; St M[arks] Book p.59L and Sheet No. 128.
Sheet No. 128 St Marks Basic Plinth. ‘Basement of St Marks p189. M’. ‘St Marks Facade: The first elevation above the pavement is a grand basic plinth, raised about a foot above the pavement according to its swell more or less’ Notebook M p.189 ‘Measures of No 128’ Notebook M p.189L. Also: Notebook M p.190. See also: Door Book p.44 (RL 1636 box).
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