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[M.32L]                                                               [M.32]
Doges Palace                                                          No 9.	Ducal palace. Upper arcade	32
Fig 1. [diagram]                                                      
                                                                      Mouldings	line g-e opposite, being c in the section No 9, fig 1: That
			In                                                                 of Upper	section would be equally true taken horizontally through g2 g,
a-a2		"	6 2/3                                                         arcade		 f,  f2 opposite  f being b of section, and f2 a of section.
a-b		"	4 1/8                                                          		The line g x y is the fillet - common to both arch and 4 foil
b-b2	1	"	2 1/3	(1 " 2 as                                              		- vide sheet as 10, and notes to fig 2 on No 9:  This fillet
				seen façade)                                                      		is formed by an depression of the surface of the cusp to
d-e	1	"	5½                                                            		a depth of the fifth of an inch, with bevelled edge;  it
f-g			1½                                                              		is not seen in the section of No 9 because it then coincides
b-f	1	"	7                                                             		with pt c:  but if  the section be taken a little higher
x-y			1½                                                              		cutting the enlarging cusp it will be  as opposite. fig
Circumference of		1	"	½                                               		2. c & d of course being c and d of fig 1 No 9:
ball                                                                  		This fillet then, coinciding with e g (opposite, fig 1) at g
Diameter of}			4	"	10                                                 		follows the foils at the equal distance f g;  and the rt line
entire circle g to                                                    		which it forms at x y is as by measure opposite, exactly
its opposite                                                          		its own breadth, f g.  Both x y and a b are perfectly
                                                                      		true right lines:  the ball is set in the cehtre of the
Fig 2. [diagram]		[diagram] Fig 3.                                    		parallelogram a c apparently soldered on - fastened at
                                                                      		any rate by some grey cement as well as by iron:  It
                                                                      		is of {foxy} red marble, the rest of white:
                                                                      		Fig 3 opposite rudely represents the triangle filled with
                                                                      		lion’s head:  the ground of this head is flat - precisely
                                                                      		at the true base of the [symbol]ar roll;  i.e. at the level
                                                                      		k h of No 9 fig 1.  The measures over the lion’s head are

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