30th 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 thirtieth of the capitals of the Ducal Palace. Series of Capitals of Lower Arcade.

• Number in Ruskin’s final system: 30
• Alternative number starting from Porta della Carta: 7
• Number, using Ruskin’s final system, of earlier model: 10
• Subject matter: Vices
• Leafage 2nd/3rd Order: Notebook M2 p.101, 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: 15th Century
• Notebook references: Notebook M pp.185-6; Notebook M2 p.101; Palace Book pp.42L and 42; Palace Book p.47
• Library Edition references: Works, 10.425

Detail of 30th capital in its current state Envy, side 8, left; Luxury, side 1, centre, Gluttony, side 2, right

[Version 0.05: May 2008]