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                                                                      		This beautiful leaf moulding (of apple leaves &
Length of sides of Ducal palace                                       		small apples?) the little round fruit exquisitely set,
		Piazzetta                                                           		in its calyx and the leaves slid over each other most
[diagram]                                                             		delicately belongs to the 9th capital of p 28 Gothic book
                                                                      		That capital is remarkable for its picturesque setting
		In this figure the curves ax de                                     		of leaves;  though it has nothing but leaves.  Its central
		are of course exaggerated for clearness;                            		leaf lobe fig 1 p 24 palace book.
		it is only the curve of the plinth at shaft                         Summary of views of Zanotto about Ducal palace.
		base;  and b c f g are the main bearing                             	He first mentions Partecipazio but not quoting the Savina
		pilasters on each side;                                             	Chronicles, which I must, first entry and second,
		Then, measuring along edge of plinth just                           	unmentioned by Zanotto
		as I did before;  and have noted somewhere                          	B	That it was destroyed at revolt against Candiano rebuilt
		a b + c d = 30 x 7 + 14 + 21 " 2                                    		and in a state to receive Emperor Otho lll between 991
			= 210 + 35 " 2                                                     		1009 and in 1116 Henry 5th
	and adding 3 for pilaster = 248 " 2                                  		Then he refers to Altinate Chronicle;  for notices of
	e f x g h                           = 30 x 7 + 21 " 7 + 1 " 6        		decoration of palace in 1172, and to 1300.
 		                                                                   	1301.	He refers to Sansovino for beginning of great council
	= 210 + 23 " 1                                                       		chamber or rather "il salone sopra il rio di palazzo appresso
	and adding 3 for pilaster = 236 " 1                                  		ul quale error vi la cancelleria e la gabbia chiamata
The piazzetta side is longest therefore only by 12 feet and           	A	poi Torresella finito l’anno 1309
even this does not take into account the thickness of                 		Then quoting the Cadorin decrees as at page 11, above, -
wall h i but this would be nearly balanced by diameter of             		he insists that this Council chamber, and with it the main
shaft at a x.                                                         		part of the palace fronting the sea

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