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                                                                      	level so also the circular apse;  the central cupola
                                                                      octagonal, with 4 shell niches at the angles which cross
                                                                      the square:[½]  There are four arches up the nav[c]e: giving
                                                                      four detached piers and one half pier in western wall:
                                                                      The central on second from the western  all is larger
                                                                      than the two intermediate carryingthe cross arch
                                                                      of the vaulting.  The section of this pier is roughly
                                                                      given at fig ; on the back of No 182 the peculiar curve
                                                                      of its semishaft is however drawn with care.  The section
	The lower circular large plinth is curious:  It meets the            of the base, fig 1 No 182:  but its members are managed
angles of the pilaster bases;  just misses those of the               as at p 21 1 Verona book, the letters marking the run of
shaft base as at p 21 1 This great base must be five or               the lines at the respective levels of fig 1 No 182.
six feet I diameter - more - perhaps seven.                           The bulging of the ro[i]ll b; is quite unique as far as I
                                                                      have seen:  The angle spur is at figs 2 and 3 of No 182
	The Nave arches are the plainest possible two  orders                thus is this pier, but in most of the others carved into a
so also the triforium and they are peculiarly low and flat            monotonous head.
in the round, nevertheless a clumsy pointed arch, apparent-           One of the capitals above: and construction of triforium
ly unintentional is struck out above them in vaulting                 seen behind;  the vaulting shaft runs up through the great
the narrower compartments of the nave.                                lower capital and carrying a square pilaster above;
                                                                      which, very curiously is not on a level with the rich
                                                                      leaf cornice supported on irregular brackets:  The capi-
                                                                      tals are most of them much richer than that I have drawn:
                                                                      full of wildness and fierce fancy - on the north side of
                                                                      the north aisle is one whose angle is rudely remembered
                                                                      at p 28, Verona book; fig 1;  it is a conical leaf
                                                                      meeting two spirals:  the space within is cut clear
                                                                      through

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