|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
[M2.71L] [M2.71] 71
Measures of No 138. a fourth shaft is of red Verona, and its capital has very
f g vertical circa. 0 " 2¾ rude leaves, the mere outlines of the others with rough
f h --- --- --- --- 1 " 3 (1) incisions to the centre and on one side the rose is 5
Circumference at i 3 " 0 foiled heavy and bulging with a ball flower in the middle;
--- --- --- --- h 2 " 5 on the other are 8 rayed and ridged star, fig 1 No 138.
c d one side of abacus 1 " 4¾ A pilaster, plain, but of the section of the capitals,
a b 1 " 0¾ terminates the series on one side, the shaft is
Interval between rolls (n)0" 1 built up into modern wall on the other; one of the Byzantine Bird ornaments between has instead of {intermediate}
b b2 0 " 4½ branches or vases, a pair of lovers knot shafts
d d2 2 " 4½ giving 2 " 0½ for span of arch and it ver quaint and rich.
e to ground 11 " 3½ (5) Fig 2 No 138 is the root and two lobes of the leaf of No
d to ground 8 "11 (4) 137 most carefully drawn real size, showing the delicate
h to shaft base 6 " 2 (2) Drill holes sharp incision - no drill hole - but a mere cul de sac at
height of pedestal 1 " 6 (3) the end of it, like the close of a mountain valley: This
There is no base to the shaft except the square block sculpture would have thought drill holes vulgar; the
pedestal I cannot say if original or not. cut is as sharp in the bottom as a {hollow} razor. 3 and
Adding (1) (2) and (3) their sum is (4) as 4 was a 4 are figures of reference to measures opposite 4 the
separate measure - this is satisfactory: Thus 5 - 4 = capital head, 3 {one of} the arches 5 and 6 are sect, and
height of arch - 2 " 4½ exactly the space between rolls. plan of bases in the upper story which has them: therefore
I suppose the blocks below restoration. The capitals in
the upper story are the same as No 137 or only slightly
varied in the touching of the leaf in a single instance.
|
|
|
|
|
|
[Version 0.05: May 2008]