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71 back of 70 72 71
a fourth shaft is of red Verona, and its capital has very
Measures of No 138. rude leaves, the mere outlines of the others with rough
incisions to the centre and on one side the rose is 5
f g vertical circa. O " 2¾ foiled heavy and bulging with a ball flower in the middle;
f h --- --- --- --- 1 " 3 (1) on the other are 8 rayed and ridged star, fig 1 No 138.
Circumference at i 3 " 0 A pilaster, plain, but of the section of the capitals,
--- --- --- --- h 2 " 5 terminates the series on one side, the shaft is
c d one side of abacus 1 " 4¾ built up into modern wall on the other; one of the Byzan-
a b 1 " 0¾ tine Bird modern ornaments betweem has instead of inter-
Interval between rolls (n)0" 1 mediate branches or vases, a pair of loves knot shafts
b b2 0 " 4½ and it ver quaint and rich.
d d 2 2 " 4½ giving 2 " 0½ for span of Fig 2 No 138 is the root and two lobes of the leaft of No
arch 137 most carefully drawn real size, showihng the delicate
e to ground 11 " 3½ (5) sharp incision - no drill hole - but a mere cul de sac at
d to ground 8 "11 (4) the end of it, like the close of a mountain valley: This
h to shaft base 6 " 2 (2) sculpture would have thought drill holes vulgar; the
height of pedestal 1 " 6[5] (3) cut is as sharp in the bottom as a H[F]o[e]llow razos. 3 and
There is no base to the shaft except the square block 4 are figures of reference to measures opposite 4 the
pedestal I cannot say if original or not. capital head, 3 are the arches 5 and 6 are sect, and
Adding (1) (2) and (3) their sum is (4) as 4 was a beam of bases in the upper story which has them: therefore
separate measure - this is satisfactory: Thus 5 - 4 - I suppose the blocks below resoration. The capitals in
height of arch - 2 " 4½ exactly the space between rolls. the upper story are the sme as No 137 or only slightly
varied in the touching of the leaf in a single instance.
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[Version 0.05: May 2008]