60 Back of 2[3]8 61 39 CA D’ORO TRACERIES FIRST STORY. truly as possible the proportion of the light to the stone the curious leaf shapes of the foils are the pure shapes Measures of lateral window of Ca d’Oro of the lights: the bounding lines being the extreme cusp ft in edges: and the measures are all taken within the cusp: i k 1 " 0 across the open space: indicating the entire space of l m 11 light. The top of the window being inaccurately drawn n o 1 " 1 is given at G. exac[+]tly: with section at a G. inside of p q 1 " 3½ the stone work to the cusp of the 4 foil 1st 3. y z 2¼ Now this window outside appears to be exactly the same z2z2 3¼ as the outermost window next the Rialto: In the r s 4½ plan of the tracery it is: in the section it I[a]s nearly: c d 1 " 0 with a small difference presently to be noted: But in d d2 11 the measures of its lights it is strongly different: They d a2 10½ are given opposite using the figure and lettering of the r2r3 2 (or 2¼) other window: The height P4 to b2 is about 4 ft 9 (x) r2s2 2½ and the apex is so nearly reached by the circle which is s4s3 10 pushed up into it, that in the figure G. if it referred d e 9½ (x) to this lateral window there should be no central in a2b2 1 " 11 cised the two rolls choking it up: there is only a flat space at A is a section carefully drawn from this lateral window at the level Bz- a2 showing the fall of the tracery on the abac[s]us head of the square pilatser: A2 in this section is a most important point: the masonry joint is then, the entire tracery being inserted within it; it is B2 r4 and G in the other figures The shaded part of the section shows
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