[M.88L]                                                               [M.88]
                                                                      No 67.	Ducal palace. Traceries.	88
                                                                      
                                                                      		No 67 fig 7:  e2 f2 is e f of section  in fig 6:  Fig 7
                                                                      		is a  side of one of the three lower arches of tracery: it shows
                                                                      		the constant management of the cusp:  The way it is cut through
                                                                      		leaving the fillet so narrow next roll, in order to get a larger
                                                                      		hollow for lightness, is to be especially noted - & compared
                                                                      Cusps		with the alteration of tracery in Ca Foscari rich window.
                                                                      		Observe also, the cusp band is if anything a little thicker
                                                                      		than the main fillet following arch at bottom & top, there
This is very curious - Is it possible that all these traceries are    		are thus 3 thicknesses of which e f is intermediate:
of the later period of the window o described at p 88-103.            		The cusp would have been too weak with that thickness.
spiral shafts & all - Nay - not so - for the half shaft of            		Fig 3   Capital of the twisted shafts which carry the tracery
the window b there described is connected with its noble              		a - b pure section through side, to top of twist a2 b2 through
flanking lions head.                                                  		angle to top of twist dotted lines flowers: the effect sketched
                                                                      		rudely at side:  These capitals have, I am almost certain
                                                                      3		been restored:  they are vilely cut, especially  the heads between
                                                                      	*	the central leaves:  not seen in sketch: but they have been restored
                                                                      		I suppose on the old design, which is earlier in manner than
                                                                      		any of the capitals below;  the leaves very simple, and merely
                                                                      		spring up the bell and touch its angle with their points,
                                                                      		but do not curl back: The shaft below, from the point
                                                                      2		p fig 3 to d fig 1 is 6 ft ½ in high:  its
                                                                      		section is at fig 4:  The circle at d fig 1 = 2 " 3
                                                                      		circumscribes that section:  The proportion of the roll &

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