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                                                                      			 No 73.   DUCAL PALACE  FRONT WINDOWS
                                                                      		The third window:  That on the facade next prison:  Its
                                                                      tracery and has been both traced and Dageurreotyped.
		From plinth to apex of soffit of dentil	16 " 10                     The Fourth.  That next Centre.  I measured the height of
		Space between dentils along plinth at base	13 " 10                  this to-day:  it is the same evidently as the rest: its
		Height of Abacus head aboveplinth  either                           measures opposite.
  at the shaft or jamb	  	8 "   2                                     Bases½	The jamb base in this window is exactly the same as that
We have thus for height of the arch:  16 " 10 - 8 " 2 - 8"8           already drawn in those of the side;  the first and
  and for its breadth   13. 10                                        second;  the section of it is given in red on no 73
		Giving about this proportion -                                      Begin at A when it joins the flanking dentil.
                                                                      B. joint where it stands on the strangely raised plinth
                                                                      B2, same point - C, edge of the plinth of window all along
                                                                      D E wall of palace below, c-D was felt with my hand.  I
                                                                      1		could not put amy head over far enough to see it.
                                                                      The three leaves were three vain try’s to get the beauty
                                                                      of the light lead laid on the angle of thejamb:  The first
                                                                      plan of this leaf is a simple block spiral - perfectly
                                                                      vertical at the side of its roll, fig 1 opposite, but
                                                                      under cut below, so that a section across the dotted line
                                                                      would be as fig 2:  The grace of the lines about the bow
                                                                      of this ship like head, and of its run from the roll
                                                                      outwards, are quite indescribable - the wet step is to
                                                                      throw them radiant

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