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		Note:  ramification of gamboge.  Qs of any glutinous                		    No 89  90.  DUCAL PALACE LOWWER ARCADE BACON PALACE
colouring matter - suffered to run tolerably thick down a             		No 89 belongs to p 6 of palace book: when the section of
smooth surface into water.                                            one of the archivolts of lower story of Ducal palace is
                                                                      given:  Fig i  begins with one of the front rolls, a b
                                                                      It is curious that these rolls should not fall united
                                                                      on the abacus but separated by about ½ an inch: as seen
                                                                      in elevations fig 3 which also shows the recess between
                                                                       the rolls from which most assuredly in this pillar, the
                                                                      marbles have been taken away:  Here then we have had
                                                                      marble coating solid masonry.  The pure semicircles of
                                                                      the rolls continued united at their bases up to the re-
                                                                      cess, which is about 2 inches deep, and thence upwards
                                                                      the section of archivolt is of course as opposite (fig 1)
                                                                      the recess a b being quite rough hewn  Fig 1 with its
                                                                      measures inside (p c Palace book giving on to 1 joins 1
                                                                      of fig 2, also with its measures inside)  H. in which
                                                                      is of course the half of back section and opposite a of
                                                                      fig 1 Observing the abacus octagonal, its side given and
                                                                      the distance s s2 I can construct all.
                                                                      No 90 is only kept as the original of the figure on next
                                                                      page 1 which is a tracery of part of section opposite with
                                                                      its dogtooth real size.
                                                                      No 91 to 94 descend and fit in order;  they are traced
                                                                      on the pieces of inlaid stone of the right hand side of
                                                                      the arch described on last page, and on No 87 the

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