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                                                                      		               MILAN.  ST AMBROZIO.
                                                                      
                                                                      		but that form spoiled by being turned from its true
                                                                      prototype a opposite with sharp cusp, into barbarous
                                                                      flat fillet and flattened arch b.  So throughout the
	  Measures of Pulpit of St Ambrozio Milan.                           cathedral, there are mixtures of stealing from every style
			ft. in.                                                            in the world:  and every style spoiled - one or two of the
	Cornice a-b  (vertical height)	 0 " 7                                traceries have capitals to their shafts, but capital of 
	Vertical b-c	 1 "10                                                  the most vile proportion:  the niches are as base as base
	Total height a-c of course	 2 " 5                                    Niches		can be - absolute curled wigs of petty crockets: - heavy
	Diameter above left hand                                             and mean at the same time:  some of the windows have 
		capital c-e	 0 "10½                                                 them running up their jambs:  but they look stuck
	Do,  above rt. hand capital	 0 "10½                                  full of extinguishers:  others have steep canopies and
	Do,  above central f-g	 0 "11½                                       finials in their traceries, as in Merton large eact window
	Capital a ball h-i- in all                                           but so mixed with the absurd flamboyant - as in central
		these	 0 "11¾                                                       eastern already noticed, that they are of no use:
	Inner span of arch e-f	 2 " 4¾                                       finally the statues all over are of the worst possible
	Ornamental breadth d-e	     5¾; or 6in which in the right            common stonemasons yard species, and look pinned on for
		hand arch is divided into three mouldings, i.e.                     Sharp gable		show, the only redeeming character about the whole being
		1-2	     2¾	 	         1  2  3  4                                   the frequent use of the sharp gable of p 30 1;  which
		2-3	     2¼  or 2 in	     of which                                  gives lightness:  and the crowding of the spiry pinna-
		3-4	     1                                                          cles into the sky.
	Entire height of capitals,  d k - 10½ so that they are squares       St Ambrozio.		No 1. Fig 1.  Section of the pier of the cortile,
		on c-e, - their abaci h,i are an inch less or more,                 drawn at its capital above:  a b of course outermost:
		deep, and their lower ends about ½ an inch, leaving 9 in for        		Measures a-b 1 ft 8½ to 1 ft 9 b-c 10½ in to 10 in
		ornament.                                                           c-d round semicircle, all three semicircles equal
                                                                      2 ft 9 in to 2 ft 10 in c-e round three semicircles 8 ft 2

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