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[HB2.43L]                                                             [HB2.43]							(43
[San Stefano]                                                         
                                                                      Tracery of windows in the Apse of San
[drawing] [?]	[drawing]	[drawing                                      Stefano.
                                                                      
					[diagram] a                                                      [diagram]  Archivolt  tracery   a	These give another
					This right	[continues across onto p.43]                          					        instance of the complete
                                                                      					      interior order with it, rolls
				[diagram] plain [diagram] cusp[?]                                 				            a distance carrying under
				shaft                  tracery bars & cusp                        				      brick outer arch - as at
                                                                      Frari:  The moulding at  A is conjectural
                                                                      but there is a roll : the dotted line gives
                                                                      the jamb section.   w  against which
                                                                      the archivolt mouldings lie
                                                                      The whole thing a remarkably simple
                                                                      form of tracery - especially in arrangement
                                                                      of cusp
                                                                      		The construction of the lower tracery
                                                                      seems curious to me for its perfect
                                                                         continuity of ogee. one would think it
                                                                          constructed by cross switches instead
                                                                      of meeting points
                                                                      		I think the cusp looks equal sided
                                                                            though unequally set.
                                                                           as at a. and not scymitar shape.
                                                                      
                                                                      [continues from p.43L]  though ill applied & not
                                                                      
                                                                      The joints were carefully marked I imagine
                                                                      the fillings of stone afterwards inserted in
                                                                          the panels.
                                                                      
                                                                      						Done.

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