27th Capital of the Ducal Palace Lower Arcade

This, in Ruskin’s final system, adopted from Selvatico (1847) p.128, and starting from the Ponte della Paglia, is the twenty-seventh of the capitals of the Ducal Palace. Series of Capitals of Lower Arcade.

• Number in Ruskin’s final system: 27
• Alternative number starting from Porta della Carta: 10
• Number, using Ruskin’s final system, of related capital, earlier model or later copy: n/a
• Subject matter: Fruit
• Leafage 1st Order: Notebook M2 p.96, and compare the division into rows in Plate XX at Works, 10.431. See Works, 11.276 for a list of the buildings from which the images at Plate XX are taken, and Works, 11.276-278 for a discussion of the development of the leafage of capitals.
• Date: c.1350
• Notebook references: Notebook M p.183; Notebook M p.164L; Notebook M2 p.96; Palace Book p.41; Palace Book p.45L
• Library Edition references: Works, 10.424

Detail of 1880s copy of 27th capital in its current state Grapes, side 8, left; Cherries, side 1, centre; Pears, side 2, right

[Version 0.05: May 2008]