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                                                                                  LATERAL WINDOWS
				Compare pages 1, 2, 3 Palace Book                                 		to-day  (Xmas) to be common to the leaves of the crossed
                                                                      capitals of triforium of St mark’s.  This capital has
                                                                       rude doves sitting on its leafy basket;  its twisted
                                                                      shaft is the same as the rest and has the same base;
                                                                      the capital being of course adapted - but the smallness
                                                                      of the dogt; is remarkable in [ij] all.  This central shaft
                                                                      has round it 42 dogt. each only ½ an in square: (Giving
                                                                      1 " 9 only for its circumference):  I guessed the square
                                                                      of teeth it must be something more or rather, they must be
                                                                      a little longer than high:  but their number is accurate
                                                                      and the shaft notmuch more than 8 in in diameter:
                                                                      Both the capital and shaft are of course sugary white
                                                                      marble like Parian but the base of red marble, with four
                                                                      fine ribbed and retractile leaves, as in the other
		The plinth is also raised for a base, and joined under-             windows.
neatg the shaft.  This arrangement is constant.                       		The spiral of the shaft is precisely the same in number
The tracery is all similar throughout the window.                     and coil, as that described at p 89 i.e. 5 each with
                                                                      two turns and ahalf but the height of the shaft is here
                                                                      only 5 " 5½ and its oval fillings only fill the cavettos
                                                                      exactly and don’t lap over.
                                                                      The central 4 foil of this window, shows externally
                                                                      as opposite 1;  all but touching inner roll with its
                                                                      foil points  The cusp itself is ogeed in the main arch
                                                                      fig 2 opp

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