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64 back of 41 65 42
in CA D’ORO TRACERIES FIRST STORY
d-e 3½ f[d]t in ft in
a b (chord) 1 " 5½ 1 " 6 [ig?] No 15. Fig 1. Accurate drawing of the meeting of the
e f ½ rolls in the tracery of the great first floor colonnade of
b d 1 " 1¾ 1 " 2½ Ca d’Oro: The foliation with the great roll of first
f g 3¾ order is very singular: the stonecutting thorough and
b c (chord 1 " 3¼ 1 " 4 masterly: the roll appears narrowed when it branches
g h ¾ owing to the harp marking of the shallow interstice points
b2 d2 maxi- 1 " 3 1 " 4 but it is quite true and parallel throughout, and the
h k 2½ mum) lines continuous in each direction: (By the bye in the
c C 2 4¾ 2 " 5 lateral windows, No 17 18 &c I in vain tried to find the
k 1 ¼ centres of arcs: they were con[r]tinually changing:) The
a e 2 " 9¾ 2 " 9½ section gives breadth fig 1 is inaccurate in the cavetto
l m ¾ it is accurate opposite with measures A. The capital
abacus is square: about 1ft " 7 each side; the capitals
m n ¼ luxuriant in the doge’s palace manner and I suspect,
later than moulding.
n o cusp 2¼ at B. opposite are the measures of the trefoi[k]l arch of
tracery drawn in fig 1 No 15 and similarly lettered:
That measures are from within the cusp, across space.
__________________________________ The second column of measures was measured from another
arch and is probably the most accurate.
At C. opposite are the measures of the great 4 foil
of this same tracery: a b &c being the inner side of the
a b 2 " 1¼ great roll, and a2 b2 &c the extremities of cusps.
Note also in constructing the tracery that the foliation
c d 3 " 8½ with the
a2 b2 1 " 2½
c2d2 2 " 9
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