[M.118L]                                                              [M.118]	Bacon palace	118
                                                                      
                                                                      		fig 3 p 11 in which the shaded projection marks the
                                                                      		position of a trace on the soffit of every arch, which
                                                                      		appears like that of a cusp or tracery chiselled awry:  the
                                                                      		arches are bricked up:  so that the depth to back of
[diagram]                                                             		capital cannot be seen:  I regret the injury of this palace
                                                                      		more than all I have seen yet.
                                                                      		I did not get up to the top story on the facade, seen
                                                                      		in Dag: but I did behind; when a noble single shaft
                                                                      		in the middle of the alley bridge carries a horizontal plinth
                                                                      		fig 1 P 12 l Palace book with magnificent bold dentil.
                                                                      		The shaft is like one of those of the upper story of facade.
                                                                      		noble leaf head - simple and swelling Fig 2 same page
                                                                      		- with a base - fig 3 same page - having leaves
                                                                      		 to the angles as usual - but especially simple ones
                                                                      		hard edged.  [diagram] so but thoroughly well cut
                                                                      		and very grand - and this shaft stands on plinth
                                                                      		fig 4. with another grand dentil below. under this
                                                                      		come the arches described at p 112 above, and vid
                                                                      		Dag:  the thing in the centre is a large antique like
                                                                      		Roman emperor head - under a starred semicircular
                                                                      		canopy, and supported on a vast bracket set on a
                                                                      		small shaft in the form of a capital, between the
                                                                      		two arches, as opposite: the carving of the huge capital
                                                                      		is very fine.

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