[M.201L]                                                              [M.201]	St Marks. Southern Portico.	201
                                                                      
                                                                      St Marks. Shaft A continued from p 180.
                                                                      		On the top of the serpentine block of which the base isseen in
                                                                      		No 127 at c: is laid a square cornice a c p 2 l St M book
                                                                      		of white.  a b its upper bevel about 2 in wide in the
                                                                      		breadth of one side at a, 3 " 5 and at b (as before measured
                                                                      		3 " 9  From a to a2 the base of an upper shaft, about 2 in 
                                                                      		The height a c vertically 2½ as seen again in fig 1
                                                                      st M		p 3 l St M.
                                                                      3l		That of the serpentine block c d p 3 l about 1 " 3
                                                                      		Then 6 in for cornice, and so the noble & subtle  section of
                                                                      		the capital a c fig 2 p 3 {l St M}  The inner line is that of
                                                                      		the bell itself, through the side whereon it is traceable
                                                                      		The outer is the basket work, and the mass into which the
                                                                      		lily is cut.
                                                                      		a b  is 2 " 0½ with about an inch concavity.
                                                                      		b c 3½ nearly horizontal.
                                                                      		The capital of shaft B. p 180 is about an inch less high
                                                                      		in the bell, & loses another inch on the closer joint.  Its
                                                                      		serpentine block is 1 " 2 deep and one side of it 3 " 6
                                                                      		and of its cornice (as at b p 2 l) 3 " 7
                                                                      	Now, on the top of the plinth b c (Carta shaft a A) the bases of
                                                                      St M		the five smaller shafts are arranged as at p 2 {St M}  The square
                                                                      p. 2		basic plinths being about 1 " 0 the side;  and 1 inch truncation.

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