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[M2.108L]                                                             [M2.108]								108
                                                                      
		MEASURES OF No 172.                                                 		Now I have noticed before the most strange and beautiful
Observe a c in the large figure in a c in section fig 5 and           		arborescence of this figure;  I was at some
does not include under cable;  and b in large figures                 		pains to-day to ascertain it exactly, and therefore counted
is then opposite to a and d to c.                                     		the bricks from fig 3 to fig 4.  Now on the back of No
Then c d = 5 " 5                                                      		120 are 7 angles, marked 1, 2 5, 9, 10, 16, 22, 29
	a C   0 "10¾                                                         		These are the under edges of the lines of brick so numbered
	x C   3 "10   This pure stilt above c I found                        		counting up:  in their inclinations to the slope:
about 1 " 1  This gives almost an exact [drawing] for arch            		only in the case of (1) the line A B is not the slope:
	     m n   2 " 3  defaced inside, white plaster                      		5 is with the slope,
	     o p   4 " 3  p the top of dentil                                		represented by line A B:  the greatest change in direction
	     q q   1 " 6½  diameter of outer brick circle                    		is between these two:  and it is considerable as far as
	     q2q2  1 " 3¾  --- --- ---  dentiled --- ---                     		the ninth:  The 10th must I think have got distorted,
	     r s   4 " 0 exactly.                                            		it is inconsistent:  The 29th is the highest line whose
The top of the gable as sharp as a knife is 1 " 1½ above              		slope is definite.
the meeting of bricks at s   the stone coping about                   		Fig 6 seen as written shows the meeting of pointed brick
2½ or 2 in deep (broad - s2 s3) and the bricks                        		small arch and circle & dovetailing of the ornament
used throughout the ornamental work are about 1½ inch or              		For rest vid p 49 Housebook 2 only note at p 21 bit book
11/8 inch broad.  A house at the side of the campo, beside            		x y being the angle of the gable butment, from x the vertical
		this door, has a square door with the                               		height to the great stone plinth p p 21 1 is 3 " 5
[drawing]	early chamfer fig 2 page 21 {bit book} the                  		and from y 3 " 3:  the arms in the centre have been
		dotted line would be about 4 inches long                            		effaced:  a rude plastered square only remaining p 21 1.
		and above them is a pretty group of
singularly flat fourths - very early with c sec and a
lozenge fig 3 p 21 at the point of the central one.
The little square in which they all are is the Campiello
della Chiesa a San Luca.

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