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[St M.40L]                                                            [St M.40]							40
                                                                      
[landscape orientation]                                               [landscape orientation]
                                                                      
The upper 3 are the 2  outermost  3  “  3 round, half way up          [great central portal]
		 - one  innermost   3  “  2 -------     ------------                      
(Their opposites are 2 outer  -	     3  “  3 and one inner  3  “  4.  
. they stand about  1  “  0. apart, half way up and                    [diagram] d  c  c2  a  a
4 inches from wall                                                    
                                                                      		//// Wall pier of lower story
Their bases are  1  “  6 this side. 6 inches apart.                   		  Outer line a  b  c  d. lower flower cornice
2 from the wall behind and 3  6  from edge of                         		   of great plinth which continues alone
plinth in front on which they stand + and the                         		     carrying first the upper shafts
innermost is given in position on next page.                          		      then the archivolts
+ and about 2 from its extremity a  b.                                			and archivolts
the opposite 2 outer  3  “  3 the inner  3  “  4                      		      |||||| wall ^ above this flower cornice
(measures on sea side of great central portal                         		       upper thin shafts in position
                                                                      		         I see I am wrong in putting
                                                                      		            even this edge of the central
                                                                      			   one over that of the great
                                                                      			     one below.
                                                                      			    Nothing is more strange
                                                                      			        in the church than
                                                                      			         the carrying of this
                                                                      			           central shaft
                                                                      				on the cross bit of
                                                                      				  the thin flower
                                                                      				    cornice not  4 ½  inches
                                                                      			thick. It is actually
                                                                      			   set on a plank of stone

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