[NB.59L]                                                              [NB.59]								59
                                                                      
      The leaf plinth over balustrade                                 Palace in main street Vicenza
     as luxuriant as latest                                              Finials florid of bouquet like
       Venetian but far sharper                                       			section bold C3.
        & more thistly - far finer                                    [diagram]
	than any at Venice                                                   				short in
	Its fault is a little                                                				recess
	pastiness in curl.                                                   				Roses
Two uninterrupted cornices go                                         				between
along the house break over                                            	[drawing]		windows
   the problems of the Finestrato                                     				as rich
& from upper & lower plinth                                           				as Gk soffits
   of balconies                                                       				most delicate
The pillars in the of balustrade                                      				- between within
in finestrata are shortened                                           				cables
by the added continued base                                           
of great shafts. & their capitals                                     
are quite flat                                                        			trefoil
proportion on next page.                                              
While the balcony columns                                             			Palace drawn
  are the usual size and proportion                                   		       long ago at Vicenza
   of capitals. It is far                                             		       and again in notebook
    more complete                                                     		      of 46: All Vicenza
than anything at Venice                                               		     Venetian palaces seem
Note The capitals are in                                              	to be of a luxuriant renaissance
     Pisan manner & well cut                                          	manner - engrafted on a bold
                                                                      	C3 section - peculiarly short
                                                                      	in the recess and deep in the
                                                                      cusp. The capitals are usually very
                                                                      superbly undercut and sharp. boldly
                                                                      projecting: a pair of short windows
                                                                      on a single shaft with massy capital

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