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[PB.27L]                                                              [PB.27] [top of page cut away]
                                                                      
angle shaft towards St Marks                                          
figures reading                                                       
Base of small shaft above                                             
( carrying diagonal [?] to                                            [diagram]  a
[?] of stone)  has                                                    Early form of rose and leaf plinth: from a
dogtooth & is restored                                                	       under
The [?] has a plain block only                                        bit of cornice of the balustrade of St Marks
	Diameter of first base shaft                                         in the square bit covered with alabaster next
	5  “  4 ½  -one nearer St                                            the porta della Carta: The system of cutting is
	Marks 4 “ 9 - and and thence to                                      the same, almost exactly as that of the leaf
	L. all  4 “ 8 or  4 “ 9                                              capitals of Commissary of Police: ie, ridge
	Nearer sea. 4 “ 7   2, and                                           hollows (as in section a, below) and the leaves
	[?] pilaster.  4 “ 7 or 7 ½                                          slightly cavettoed.. - I with low ridges between
	all the way to 6th round                                             lobes: They are however finely ribbed on
	corner. the [?] one which is 5 “ 5                                   upper surface.
                                                                      It is very interesting to get this connecting form
						ft	in                                                           with the early form of dentil below
Circumference of the 1st shaft of the                                         ___________
Bon series; that with bracket: (p 47. M.2)	5  “  4 ½                  
The Bon series towards St Marks                                       The figures in the Bon series of capitals are
all average in circumference			4  “  8 ½                              for the most part uninteresting = and inscriptionless.
- ie. are from 4 “ 8 to 4 “ 9                                         a [bove?] their inscriptions broken away by iron
All the pilaster shafts from the Bon                                  bands: There is no meaning traceable in those
one to the sea, and along this                                        of the shafts at end towards porta della Carta.
whole facade, are from 4 “ 7 to		4 “   7 ½                            -one figure reading on the angle shaft is graceful:
Except: The two with pilasters:                                       The next to this angle one. facing piazzetta		[19th Capital]
The angle one towards sea: which is		6 “   0                          has however interesting figures: at a, it
And the 6th from this . the inner one		5 “   5                        
                                                                         Piazzetta side	has Sanctus Chastorius. holding
					_________________                                                			a capenters square. at b. the [back?]
                                                                      a		c	Ic Claudius: with a pair of compassess
						Done.                                                           			vid p 25. and at c. St [Kuriano?] his [continues p. 28]
                                                                      	b

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