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MEASURES OF No 172. Now I have noticed before the most strange and beautiful
Observe a c in the large figure in a c in section fig 5 and arborescence of this figure; I was at some
does not include under cable; and b in large figures pains to-day to ascertain it exactly, and therefore counted
is then opposite to a and d to c. the bricks from fig 3 to fig 4. Now on the back of No
Then c d = 5 " 5 120 are 7 angles, marked 1, 2 5, 9, 10, 16, 22, 29
a C 0 "10¾ These are the under edges of the lines of brick so numbered
x C 3 "10 This pure stilt above c I found counting up: in their inclinations to the slope:
about 1 " 1 This gives almost an exact [drawing] for arch only in the case of (1) the line A B is not the slope:
m n 2 " 3 defaced inside, white plaster 5 is with the slope,
o p 4 " 3 p the top of dentil represented by line A B: the greatest change in direction
q q 1 " 6½ diameter of outer brick circle is between these two: and it is considerable as far as
q2q2 1 " 3¾ --- --- --- dentiled --- --- the ninth: The 10th must I think have got distorted,
r s 4 " 0 exactly. it is inconsistent: The 29th is the highest line whose
The top of the gable as sharp as a knife is 1 " 1½ above slope is definite.
the meeting of bricks at s the stone coping about Fig 6 seen as written shows the meeting of pointed brick
2½ or 2 in deep (broad - s2 s3) and the bricks small arch and circle & dovetailing of the ornament
used throughout the ornamental work are about 1½ inch or For rest vid p 49 Housebook 2 only note at p 21 bit book
11/8 inch broad. A house at the side of the campo, beside x y being the angle of the gable butment, from x the vertical
this door, has a square door with the height to the great stone plinth p p 21 1 is 3 " 5
[drawing] early chamfer fig 2 page 21 {bit book} the and from y 3 " 3: the arms in the centre have been
dotted line would be about 4 inches long effaced: a rude plastered square only remaining p 21 1.
and above them is a pretty group of
singularly flat fourths - very early with c sec and a
lozenge fig 3 p 21 at the point of the central one.
The little square in which they all are is the Campiello
della Chiesa a San Luca.
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