Shaft B

Shaft B is the corner shaft of the southern portico nearest to the campanile. M. 202L has a diagram (with ‘side note’) of the upper shafts above the capital on Shaft B. Sheet No. 129 has a plan of the disposition of the bases and pavement of the south-west portico with the corner plinth noted as ‘shaft B’ i.e the column at the south west corner. See also Notebook M p.202. ‘Next, on capital of great shaft next Campanile; B p 180’.

St Mark’s Southern Portico (from west front)

St Mark’s Southern Portico (from the south)

St Mark’s Southern Portico

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