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[PB.10L] [PB.10] 10
[landscape orientation] [continuing from p.10L]
[diagram] joint P2 The height of point of soffit from ground is 12 “ 11.
The width of the abacus of the under cut capital - farthest off
Base of Byzantine shaft real size, careful in Daguerreotype is 1 “ 5 - (one inch a foot)
- of house No 54 that of the other nearer 1 “ 4.
This base is treated altogether as a band And the interval between their edges 2 “ 4 ½
p. being the head of a cylindrical The abaci project about an inch beyond the mouldings: which
pedestal 2 “ 10 high by about would give 2 “ 6 ½ for span of arch at base: now the height of
the same, or 2 “ 11 round it - as above is 12 “11 -n 10 “ 5 ½ = 2 “ 5 ½ : now observe that
The shaft is about 2 “3 round at the height 10 “ 5 ½ - somewhat long taken with the rod, would allow
the basic joint, it is 6 “ 1 high 4 1/2 in for the distance pp 2 which is evidently too much: pp 2 is
and loses about an inch of circumference true - paper set besides it so is 2 “10 for pedestal: Deduct an inch from
on every two feet of rise; or perhaps the whole height 10 “ 5 ½ and we have the arch again inscribed in a square!
more - as it looks very tapering & I could The balcony has had it balustrades, if not its floor restored but the
not get at its top: The fillets and floor has curious, traces of square raised spaces on plinths
roll under bell are 6” more. for the cylind ? pedestals: otherwise baseless. These plinths
while the abacus head is 7 “ 3 above as at Doges palace one divided under shaft.
the basic joint p2, (giving 8 in for
height of bell and abacus.) and about
10 “ 5 1/2 from the ground.
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[Version 0.05: May 2008]