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                                                                      	    No 171, 172,
                                                                      	            ST MARKS  FACADE  UPPER STORY
                                                                      	This line I have marked with blue over the red, for
                                                                      greater clearness.
                                                                      Then i marks the piercing i in No 171 when the basket
                                                                      work means to be cut clean, but is cut in to the blue line
                                                                      From b to g it is the surface of the lily which as
                                                                      as seen in No 171, falls entirely within the basket work.
                                                                      The lily itself is cut down to a thirdlevel, which is
                                                                      somewhat roughly chiselled, the lily is nowhere  cutn
                                                                      clear, but well undercut so i[a]s to fefine it all sharply;
                                                                      and nearly 3/4 of an inch deep.  Then h2 f is the profile
                                                                      of the basket work on the angle -it would be a little
                                                                      more sloping but follows close on the lily line - which
                                                                      being here given through the side (the centre of lily
                                                                      makes the f h2 hardly slope enough  But h2i always comes
                                                                      vertical - returning even a little perhaps twoards i.
                                                                      The flower cornice I have drawn to the wrong line it should
                                                                      of course come only to c.  Its leaves form a pointed
                                                                      instead of a round arch, and it is more vertical than that
                                                                      Upper stories of St Marks.
                                                                      	I saw to-day that there were three distinct periods of
                                                                      transition - if not four, in the Gothic work of the upper
                                                                      story  The niches and statues on the north side are pure
                                                                      and

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