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                                                                          A.	On p 51 pal. book is the section of the cornice of lower
                                                                      story, very accurate taken beside the Adam piazzetta side
                                                                      from c to d vertical is about 2 " 0˝ and a b 9 in (Other
                                                                      measures of p 35 1 M )  One of the roses at this part of
	On the Piazzetta side however there is a very curious                the moulding at p 51 1 each leaf broadly elliptical in
increase in the character of shafts towards the great                 outline;  and with a boss high in the middle the light and
centre angle one:  Counting that angle one as 1; and                  shade true in sunshine at about 12 o’clock in February.
counting towards the sea.                                              The roses on the sea side are somewhat different;  their
	2 is round	7 " 8 called usually	35th	                                section and management at p 49 1  They are just like the
	3	7 " 8				34th                                                      Abbazia ones.  All are merely drill holed in the centre.
	4	7 " 6				33rd	                                                            Statue of Adam:  It is exactly 6 ft high, but the head is
	5	7 " 5				32nd	                                                     large;  The iris of the eye is first slightly cut in in
	6	7 " 7				31st	                                                     flat intaglio:  Then 5 or 6 drill holes are put round it,
	7	7 " 6				30th	                                                     and one in the centre.  The back of the head is rough block[-]
	8	7 " 4				29th                                                      ed out and the back of the raised hand.
	9	7 " 3				28th                                                      The Thirty second pillar - continued from p 187 M.
           10	7 " 0				27th                                           It has no inscriptions - only fully but loosely draped
           11	8 " 0˝				26th                                          figures in meaningless action, laying their hands on their
           12	7 " 0				25th                                           own shoulders heads or chins, or on the leaves.
           13	9 " 6˝			or	24th                                        The Thirty Third.
           14	7 " 0				23rd                                           1.  Castitas (‘delestis?) est  a woman pointing to a book
	and the others between 7 and 7 " 1 to end                            
Thus it appears from these and the other measures on last             
page and at 35 1 M. that the two great L pillars                      
are the same within an inch 10 " 4 and 10" 3 (The 1 pier of           
Beauvais is 32)  The next longest is the one called 13                
above;   it comes under the Venice bas relief and is more             
properly called and usually the 24th:  It has history of              	      
marriage:  This is 9 " 6˝  Then there is the 15th 
8 " 2 and the 11th or 26th 8 " 0˝

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[Version 0.05: May 2008]