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[GB.23L]                                                              [GB.23]							23
                                                                      
    Tomb of Marco Cornaro:                                            [drawing] f3   t   a  b   c	This capital is composed
                                                                      				as usual of four large & four
  The dogteeth are . counted in the shaft                             				small intermediate leaves
opposite which turns the angle . S its section                        				          thus. All are incised
(r2 being r.) in line produced from r                                 				       below: having no ribs
which is centre of the first rose: the                                				      - but the long ones at
mass above . t. is one of the folds of a                              				    the angle curl clean
drapery which is laid along over                                      				  over and show the
the sarcophagus.                                                      				pure angle rib.
The distance a  b. should exactly                                     					Below
=  b  c. the shaft being too long                                     					cut angle of [curl.?]
makes the square at r too large.                                      
The error - by the bye. is in the base                                				[diagram] r2		s
		not in the shaft: the                                               				angle of corner
		base mouldings should                                               
		be expanded in width.                                               				[diagram]   [another version of Fig A on p.23L]
                                                                      
[diagram]  Fig A                                                      							Vid of p 43. M2
                                                                      								Done.
				This base
				has sharp
				ridge.
				no rib.
				The shaft
				bar above
				is richly
The statues [?] sword belt	ribbed
of square roses most richly	one is
worked				doge tracery
				shafts
				The other
				the balustrade

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