[M.106L]                                                              [M.106]	Ducal Palace. Lateral Windows	106
Compare pages 1, 2, 3 Palace                                          
book                                                                  		today  (Xmas) to be common to the leaves of the crossed
                                                                      		capitals of triforium of St Mark’s.  This capital has
                                                                      		rude doves sitting on its leafy basket;  its twisted
                                                                      		shaft is the same as the rest and has the same base: the
                                                                      		capital being of course adapted - but the smallness
                                                                      		of the dogt. is remarkable in all.  This central
                                                                      		shaft has round it 42 dogt. each only ½ an in
                                                                      		square: (giving 1 " 9 only for its circumference):  I
                                                                      		guessed the square of teeth - it must be something more
                                                                      		or rather, they must be a little longer than high:  but
                                                                      		their number is accurate and the shaft not much more
                                                                      		than 8 in; in diameter:  Both the capital and
                                                                      		shaft are of coarse sugary white marble, like Parian:
                                                                      		but the base of red marble; with four fine ribbed
[diagram]                                                             Spirals of	The spiral of the shaft is precisely the same in number
The plinth is also                                                    shafts		and coil, as that described at p 89 i.e. 5 each with
raised for a base:                                                    	1	two turns & a half but the height of the shaft is here
and jointed underneath                                                		only 5 " 5½ and its oval fillings only fill the cavettos
the shaft.  This arrangement                                          		exactly and don’t lap over.
is constant.                                                          		The central 4foil of this window, shows externally
The tracery is all similar                                            		as opposite 1;  all but touching inner roll with its foil points
throughout the window.                                                		The cusp itself is ogeed in the main arch fig 2 opp

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