[DB.33L] [DB.33] 33
[Madonna dell’ Orto] No. 33 House No
Of Madon . del Orto.
[drawing] a b c d 2 x q k
Type. opp. its three leaf crockets are without
this plinth late. cinque figures. flat cut. wonderfully
cento following in their flatness. & very luxurious
the upper earlier & fine. but thoroughly vulgar.
Masonry Leaves on cable no figures
except at a. b. c
[diagram] m n4 n3 m2 n...k2...a meeting spread Archivololt Breadth 6 a full sized St Christopher
(better than [evangelist bust?] )
This section taken very carefully.
the changed direction of its Archivolt Section
lines at n2 .n3 going acute The black lines are leaf plinths
< at n2. and the steepest incut - carried continuously across & up
The moulding d. goes round arch
[diagram] [runs onto p. 33] and down side of door
Jamb Section stopped by the plinth only
within above a vile [?]
fluted shell - beastly
the spiral shafts k. on which
the plinth projects hexagonally
Pil Head. must have carried something else
make a [?] here coincide with a below. and
[?] the whole section x y. at k and y are
the two double spirals marked k2 and y2
chamfer I ever saw at at n4
all marking a late and
debased time
[from p. 33L] [diagram] y2
they are the kind
of [diagram] with leaf
at point
used in
the Frari and
undecorated
in the Ca d O’ro
-but this is entirely later work
The lower flower plinth, marked l, is
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