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[M2.120L]                                                             [M2.120]								120
                                                                      No 176,  177,  178.
                                                                      
                                                                      		The most important of the tomb inside the court I have
                                                                      		daguerred - it is remarkable for its bold and beautiful
                                                                      		brackets two carrying the canopy and two the sarcophagus
                                                                      		one of the latter is drawn on No 174 pure section
                                                                      		and front and side profile, the section of one of the 
                                                                      		former on No 175 176, curious for its anomalously levelled
                                                                      		ridge in the middle;  in the leaf lines the first inmost
                                                                      		is  pure bracket section - the second the edge of leaf
                                                                      		the third the central rib of leaf - the way they rise out
                                                                      		of the roll is extraordinarily beautiful   On the backs
                                                                      		part of this section is given as traced on the stone.
                                                                      		No 177 shows the shafts seen from inside I never
                                                                      		saw a vaulting rib so carried before.









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