[M.196L]                                                              [M.196]	St Marks. Basic Plinths	196
Measures of No 133.                                                   
a b	7 " 4¼                                                            St Marks. continued from p 190.
b c	6 " 11                                                            		This upper plinth then which carries the shafts is given
d c	5 " 9 (-) with a recess of about a foot.                          		rudely on No 133, beginning at the north side, d on
d e	7 " 8                                                             		that paper is g2 of no 129:  r of fig 1 joins r of
e f3	10 " 8 (about,) f3 being on line joining f b                     		fig 2 r n being the main entrance and a2 g2 the
b f	16 " 3                                                            		northern entrance:  The measures are given either opposite
g f	8 " 5½                                                            		or on the paper itself:  From which I have
g h	9 " 6½                                                            		r n: central door = 28 " 5
g m	17 " 2                                                            		s s2 north mediate 16 " 6
i h	4 " 10                                                            		g m south mediate 17 " 2
i k	2 " 3                                                             		a2 g2 north extreme 18
l m2	4 " 10                                                           		b f south extreme 16
m n	12 " 3                                                            		As I was measuring the northern or atrium door, I was
n o	13 " 2 (-)This curve has a recess of about 10½ miles,             		grievously impeded on one side, by a seller of children’s playthings
and follows the curve of the lower plinth leaving                     		baby services of pewter spoons and wooden dishes being
on that plinth a breadth of about 9 inches                            		mixed with dolls in black masks (about 6 inches high for the
o p	2 " 2                                                             		carnival) and on the other side by a bookseller, whose store
p q	11 " 7                                                            		of literature was laid out in goodly show between the
n r	28 " 5		s s2	16 " 6                                               		square bases of the shafts.  A I noted down the titles of
r s	12 " 5		x x2	4 " 6                                                		the first row - or group, as they lay, thus
s t	9 " 11½                                                           		Storia del Testamento vecchio
u t	4 " 7½                                                            		Brevissima parafrasi de‘ Salmi di David
u x	7 " 6                                                             		Commedie Buffe in Prosa del Sig. Carlo Goldoni.
u w	2 " 3

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