[HB2.43L] [HB2.43] (43
[San Stefano]
Tracery of windows in the Apse of San
[drawing] [?] [drawing] [drawing Stefano.
[diagram] a [diagram] Archivolt tracery a These give another
This right [continues across onto p.43] instance of the complete
interior order with it, rolls
[diagram] plain [diagram] cusp[?] a distance carrying under
shaft tracery bars & cusp brick outer arch - as at
Frari: The moulding at A is conjectural
but there is a roll : the dotted line gives
the jamb section. w against which
the archivolt mouldings lie
The whole thing a remarkably simple
form of tracery - especially in arrangement
of cusp
The construction of the lower tracery
seems curious to me for its perfect
continuity of ogee. one would think it
constructed by cross switches instead
of meeting points
I think the cusp looks equal sided
though unequally set.
as at a. and not scymitar shape.
[continues from p.43L] though ill applied & not
The joints were carefully marked I imagine
the fillings of stone afterwards inserted in
the panels.
Done.
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