[M.191L]                                                              [M.191]
                                                                      No 130	Torcello. Sta Fosca.	191
                                                                      
                                                                      Torcello:	Note first (8th February) no leaf plinths there of any
                                                                      		importance - one runs round the Sta Fosca outside and in
                                                                      		- but it is nothing more than the sloping abacus of the capitals
                                                                      Plinths becoming	, decorated where it runs along the wall with a dentil.
                                                                      abaci		and leaf merely like the {outer} cornice of the circular arch
                                                                      		of the Byzantine  house up the stairs near the Rialto
                                                                      		nor are there any rich animal friezes;
                                                                      		The inside of Sta Fosca is remarkable chiefly for the pretty
                                                                      		turning of its angles by double {stilted} arches, two pairs;  each
                                                                      		bearing as a detached shaft, looking like the origin of
                                                                      		the idea of the angles of St Marks;  vid No Fig 1 Back of
                                                                      		No 130:  The interior capitals of Sta Fosca are the
                                                                      		widest at Torcello:  all the common Fondaco de
                                                                      		Turchi imitation of Corinthian:  but its exterior
                                                                      		capitals have been very quaint, though now choked
                                                                      		up with deposit from the bricks above, or worn away;
                                                                      		In two, if not more, the leaf basketwork [?] in
                                                                      		wavy lines on a bell triply cloven and rounded on
                                                                      		each side [diagram] - occurs; which I supposed Byzantine
                                                                      		only;  and that also worked with great care, each
                                                                      		of the leaves having a central rib:
                                                                      		Fig 1 No 130 is section of one of these undercut capitals
                                                                      		which springs from an octagonal shaft, in the western (supposing

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