250		201
                                                                      
                                                                      	            ST MARKS  SOUTHERN PORTICO
                                                                      St Marks Shaft A continued from p 180.
                                                                      
                                                                      	On the top of the serpentine black of which the base is
                                                                      seen in No 127 etc, is laid a square cornice a c p 2 1
                                                                      St M book of white.  a b its upper bevel about 2 in wide
                                                                      in the breadth of one side at a, 3 " 5 and at b (as before
                                                                      measured 3 " 9  From a to a2 the base of an upper shaft,
                                                                      about 2 in  The height a c vertically 2½ as seen again in
                                                                      fig 1 p 3 1 St M.
                                                                      St M.  3 1	 That of the serpentine block c d p 3 1 about 1 " 3
                                                                      Then 6 in for cornice, and so the noble and subtle
                                                                       section of the capital a c fig 2 p 3 1 St M.  The inner
                                                                      line is that of the bell itself, through the side whereon
                                                                      it is traceable  The outer is the basket work, and the mass
                                                                      into which the lily is cut.
                                                                      a b  is 2 " 0½ with about an inch concavity.
                                                                      b c 3½ nearly horiz[izi]ontal.
                                                                      	The capital of shaft B. p 180 is about an inch less high
                                                                      in the bell, and loses another inch on the closer joint
                                                                      Its serpentine block is 1 " 2 deep and one side of it 3 " 6
                                                                      and of its cornice (as at b p 2 1 ) 3 " 7
                                                                      Now, on the top of the plinth b c (Canta shaft or A) the
                                                                      St M. p 2	bases of the five smaller shafts are arranged as at p 2
                                                                      St M.  The square basic p[f]linths being about 1 " 0
                                                                      the side;  and i inch truncation.

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