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[St M.45L]                                                            [St M.45]							45
                                                                      
5  “  9 ½                                                                September bears home grapes in basket
6                                                                     the scales above
7  “  9 ½                                                             October in a conical hat. digging with
                                                                       a long spade the scorpion above
                                                                      November seems catching small birds
                                                                      Sagittarius above
                                                                        December killing pigs goat above
                                                                           All the names have been painted
                                                                         in plain latin letters
                                                                         as OTOBR - I cannot see termination
                                                                        of arm
                                                                                                  next to this inside
                                                                        The intermediate archivolt  ^ is
                                                                      coated with plain slabs of grey
                                                                      			archivolt
                                                                      marble Then the inner    ^  has
                                                                      on it outside a series of figures
                                                                      much crowded. in a twined wreath
                                                                       of cylindrical stems with vine leaves
                                                                         the twining of it & small fillings
                                                                      most lovely: and ingenious . but
                                                                      inelegant on the whole.
                                                                       - the  sub  soffit of it has two
                                                                      monstrous figures upholding the
                                                                      leaves out of which the rolling frieze
                                                                      rises: one has two serpents out of
                                                                      his mouth who bites his limbs
                                                                         the other has two biting her breasts
                                                                      animals generally dead or  devouring
                                                                      each other are mixed among the
                                                                        leafage: several birds however [continues p. 46]

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