[M.205L]                                                              [M.205]
                                                                      No 171, 172	St Marks. Façade. Upper story.	205
                                                                      
                                                                      		This line I have marked with blue over the red, for
                                                                      		greater clearness.
                                                                      		Then i marks the piercing i in No 171 when the
                                                                      		basket work means to be cut clean {but is cut in to the blue line}: From b to g it is the
                                                                      		surface of the lily which as seen in No 171, falls entirely
                                                                      		within the basket work.  the lily itself is cut down to
                                                                      		a third level, which is somewhat roughly chiselled, the lily
                                                                      		is nowhere undercut clear, but well undercut so as
                                                                      		 to define it all sharply; and nearly 3/4 of an inch deep.
                                                                      		Then h2 f is the profile of the basket work on the angle
                                                                      		-it would be a little steeper more sloping but follows close on the
                                                                      		lily line - which being here given through the
                                                                      		side (the centre of lily makes the f h2 hardly slope enough
                                                                      		But h2 i always comes vertical - returning even a little
                                                                      		perhaps twoards i.
                                                                      		The flower cornice I have drawn to the wrong line
                                                                      		it should of course come only to c.  Its leaves form a
                                                                      		pointed instead of a round arch
                                                                      		and it is more vertical than that
                                                                      Upper stories of St Marks.
                                                                      Statues &	I saw today that {there} were three distinct periods of transition
                                                                      Niches		- if not four, in the Gothic work of the upper story
                                                                      St Marks	The niches and statues on the north side are pure and

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