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No 8. No 9. DUCAL PALACE UPPER ARCADE
while the space from a to b vide figure o[i]n last page Balustrade. Fig 5 is a corner profile of one of the capitals of
in comparatively rare occurrence: but of prettiest effect
In fist round corner, A, above 5 from its sharp drilling It is drawn full size in eleva-
- 2nd --- --- 6 tion on the back.
- 3rd --- --- --- 6 On the back of No 3 fig 1 - are two other capitals,
- 4th --- --- --- 5 the nearest the most frequent in occurrence, forming nearly
- 5th --- --- --- 6 one half of the arcade: the one further back is a modifi-
&c cation of it, like a variation on an air - and occurs
- 9th --- --- 4½ about half as often. Another less agreeable, with a curl-
There are six entire and two semi-balusters in each of the ed leaf at the angle; and a few more variations on the
two side arches towads St Marks; but only 5 and two semi-n[i] typical theme - that at the back of no 3 - fill up the
in each of the front. arcade: a few restored shafts - utterly out of proportion
have howver pretty heads of a more antique type, slovenly
in the cutting.
No 9. Fig 1. This magnificent moulding swee[p]ps round
the guatrefoil and arch - alike inside and out; the great
semicircular tore melting into itself at the junctions
with the most exquisite accuracy: the measures of the
united tores being always exactly 8½ like the single one:
It is impossible to describe the majesty of the Gorgon
like Lions head which fills the trefoil; its hair
wreathed like spiral fire - its tongue out of its mouth -
square cut - down to fill the longer space - its ears cut
into two circular holes like ram’s horns.
On next page are the measures of the great quatrefoil the
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