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                                                                      	       No 30.  TORCELLO  STA FOSCA
                                                                      Torcello:	Note first (8th February) no leaft plinths there of any
                                                                      importance - one runs round the Sta Fosca outside
                                                                      and in - but it is nothing more than the sloping abacus
                                                                      of the capitals, decorated where it runs along the wall
                                                                      	with a dentil  and leaf merely line the outer cornice of
                                                                      the circular arch of the Byzantine  rose up the stairs near
                                                                      the Rialto nor are there any rich animal friezes;
                                                                      This inside of Sta Fosca is remarkable chiefly for the
                                                                      pretty turning of its angles by double stilted arches,
                                                                      two pairs;  each bearing as a detached shaft, looking like
                                                                      the origin of the idea of the angles of St Marks;  v[b]id
                                                                      Fig 1 Back of No 130:  The interior capitals of Sta Fosca
                                                                      are the widest at Rorcello:  all the common Fondaco de
                                                                      Turchi imitation of Corinthian:  but its exterior capi-
                                                                      tals have been very quaint, though now choked up with
                                                                      deposit from the bricks above, or worn away;  In two,
                                                                      if not more, the leaf basketwork in wavy lines on a bell
                                                                      triply cloven and rounded on each side          occurs,
                                                                      which I supposed Byzantine only;  and that also worked
                                                                      with great care, each of the leaves having a central rib;
                                                                      Fig 1 No 130 is section of one of these undercut capitals
                                                                      which springs from an octagonal shaft, in the western (sup-
                                                                      posing

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