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                                                                      	same as those of the other, only its dentil projects a 
                                                                      little more section fig ; p 50 palace book.
                                                                      Its rayed flat has the beautiful pattern fig 2 the
                                                                      measures of which are at p 50 1 fig 3 of course all the
	The capital under this ornament is horribly broken,                  lines are joints  One of the apexes a is at lowest and
and its great roll shattered;  in one place neatly across             highest point, and there are 16 round: and of course 16
at a joint on which I laid the paper No 161 and traced                joints perpendicular to the circles.
the curve   Now at c come the red Veronese marble;  and a b           The marbles are covered with a rusty coating, through
is b c of the section p 6 palace book:  Hence it appears              which it is almost impossible to make out the colours:
that the red Verona is within the line b c.                           But the white is a marble certainly in places veined with
                                                                      pure bright purple;  and the grey seems warmed with gold
                                                                      or green.
                                                                      The inner circle is the same deep green serpentine.  The
                                                                      boss is gone.
                                                                      There is a trace and no more, of another of these
                                                                      traceries between the 3rd and fourth arches, counting
                                                                      from Adam on the piazetta side;  This has been torn down,
                                                                      but I think in the other arches the marbles have not
                                                                      been put up.
                                                                      The height of the great arches. Vertically c C is 6 " 8
                                                                                   and a b about                       10 " 4½
                                                                      A	               All the main shafts towards sea are Seven
                                                                      	                feet roun[i]d at the base. except the Bon
                                                                      one, 15th p 71 M. which is 8 " 2 round and the angle
                                                                      one, which is 10 " 3 round.

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