[M.40L]                                                               [M.40]
No                                                                    No 18	Ca d’Oro Traceries. first story	40
                                                                      
                                                                      		the branching of the tracery (with its central [diagram] which is marked
                                                                      		by curved bars in the elevation) and above it ought to have been below, the section of
                                                                      		the cusp at d or d2.  This cusp is accurately drawn at
                                                                      		B. showing its shallow filleting and foliation, through which
                                                                      		the shaded section is drawn:  the fillet & foliation are each
                                                                      		about ¼ of an inch deep:  Below B. the ugly pendant
                                                                      		is carefully drawn:  I strongly suspect a subsequent addition
                                                                      		for below the masonry joint x, the work is bad and slovenly.
                                                                      		and the same is noticeable in the lower joints of the
                                                                      		central arcade, which are assuredly clumsy restorations.
                                                                      		at C2 is the cusp of the three pointed and the round 4 foils
                                                                      		which is merely filleted and has no trefoil:  and the
                                                                      		cusp of r s has no fillet even: but is quite plain, D.
                                                                      		Not being quite satisfied with the section at A, it is given
                                                                      		larger, on the inside, it is the same on both sides, in No 18.
                                                                      		fig 2 with measures: Now it is curious that in the larger
                                                                      		window, next the arcade, the portion m n o of this section
                                                                      		is altered, and instead of being [diagram] it is [diagram] on the inside
                                                                      		and [diagram] on the outside:  as shown in fig 1 G of No 17.
                                                                      		which was from the inside of that window.
                                                                      		In fig 1 No 18 is given, in the same way as the tracery of
                                                                      		No 17: the most extraordinary tracery of the lateral window on
                                                                      		the other side.  The sections are identical: the 4 foil much

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