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[HB2.51L]                                                             [HB2.51]							51
                                                                      
			Ft	In                                                              [drawing]	joint	 x	y	d		[drawing] c
Height of Arch	2 "	8                                                  
Breadth of Base	3  "	3                                                a  [diagram] tracery  stone  brick
Shaft -			1  "	2                                                      
3 Dentils	-		4  ¼  - ie 2 dentils & an interval                       b  [diagram] shaft
Marble	-		4  ½   - ½    Breadth inlaid                                
Dentil Breadth	-		1  ½                                                capitals from side [drawing] [diagram]
Breadth of Arch	1  "	5                                                
Base on Abacus -	1  "	6  ½		ie  a [diagram] b                         Two windows of this design occur correspondent
Interval   -			2  ½			bc                                              with one another. at the back of the church of
Abacus side		2  "	0  ½                                                at back of St Maurizio
Height of Capitals                                                    St Maurizio.  looking out on a narrow & dirty
to joint			1  "	6                                                     canal.
Circumference                                                         		 with cusp
under [?]		3  "	4                                                     a. archivolt section    b. jamb . with shaft
Height from joint                                                     c - cusps - only trefoil of course not so misshapen.
to Base of Shaft	9  "	4                                               -d.capital seen from the side
Interval of Shaft                                                     					Vid p. 10L. M.2.
at  Top			3  "	9
Circumference of
Shaft at Base		3  "	8  ½

					Done.

Note opposite. the steep angle of the brick
of the jamb: and archivolt between 45 and
  90. while the shaft is of course chamfered
at 75. The cusp filleted & trefoiled - giving
an English look to foliation: But always
   delicately:  In modern restorations the fillet
is always clumsily deep.
   Joints of masonry note  .  x  y.
  The capital should have a more florid look
but was beautifully sharp in shadow and black
staining

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