[HB1.25L]                                                             [HB1.25]							25
                                                                      
Angle Cable Capital, florid. [blunt?] - of this                       	House No 21 Great Palace next to Casa Manin
	A here                                                               	      further from Rialto.          
profile  ^ carrying first [diagram] A                                 Section of shaft heads of windows fine but rude R.
plinth above the ground                                               farthest from Rialto.  3 at: first story.
floor all along. B below.                                             [diagram]
                                                                      	(inches)
[diagram] B                                                           [profile diagram]
                                                                      a
On this plinth stand the first story windows                          b
Of  these are two at sets of three                                    c
each: of the 6th order. I think though now                            d
finials taken away: All Both have pils B. P.                          e
and two shafts: of the highly curious                                 f2
section on next page: but in the set furthest                         f
from Rialto, these capitals are true R.                               h
with rose. though of the rudest: in those                             I
near the Rialto they are a highly interesting                         g
transition to R. without a rose. and the                              
rich leaves [fancy?] from the abacus angle                            	a.b	1 ½
and fall [lambently?] down on bell: but                               	c.d	1  7/8
they do not rise from the bottom of the bell;                         	d.e	4  ½
- they have no roots nor fillets . the bell its                       	e.f	10  ¼
bottom is quite plain.                                                	h.i	1 7/8
As an example of very early 5th or 6th order                          	i.g	2  ¼
windows I was glad to examine and measure                             	f.g	5  ¾
those furthest from Rialto thoroughly . as on                         	The curve  e f looks exaggerated, because
next page.                                                            	it is too short: expand it to proper
                                                                      	length by scale. and keep its curvature
                                                                      	within same lateral limits and it will
                                                                      					be right
                                                                      			[diagram]	rose thus -as
                                                                      					well as leaf.
                                                                      					singularly rude
                                                                      		Circumf of shafts at  g		2. " 7 ¾
                                                                      		____   _______   f		3  "  2
                                                                      		____  ________ f2		3  " 1  ½
                                                                      		Height of shafts.		4 " 0
                                                                      		Height of [?] block base
                                                                      				below		 "  6
                                                                      		Interval between shafts
                                                                      				at top		2 " 7

[Version 0.05: May 2008]