[PB.18L]                                                              [PB.18]								18
                                                                      
[Pillar C]                                                            	Pillar C. in plan. Same figures
                                                                      		3rd from sea.				[20th  Capital]
Each animal has its name simply inscribed above                       
no [?]                                                                   This beast capital is very fine as an
                                                                      ornamental composition: remarkable as showing
[diagram]                                                             the grace in cutting of plumage and detail
			5                                                                  and placing of shadows, which there was not
                                                                      much art in animal expression:
		   6	        4                                                      As ornamental device. the larger bees on
                                                                      the honeycomb. in rich chasing - contrasted
	        7		              3		1. lion with                             with the singular simplicity of the ball -
						hoofed leg in                                                   and the finely thrown bodies of the dead
		   8	        2			mouth                                              birds . are most noble
			1			very fine in style                                             
                                                                      	1.	A lion with a (stags) haunch in his
						2: wolf with richly                                             	mouth, hoofed: The style of lion is that with
						feathered wild bird                                             	circularly drilled & radiant ear of the
                                                                      	upper arches - a little more reduced to
				3.  fox . with cock its comb &                                    	natural form: decidedly fine :  but not
				over fillet of pillar beautiful                                   	very sharp or clean in cutting: The haunch
				and tail exquisite                                                	well modelled.
                                                                      
R I FO/ 4		[Ri?] all broken away                                      	2. a wolf . with a richly feathered wild
                                                                      	dead bird - each feather with central
	5		Aper well tusked. with                                            	rib and rays: and the bird thoroughly
			enormous head of ( corn?)                                          	dead - distorted. in the hanging . Lupus ([simply?])
			in mouth			[diagram]                                               
                                                                      	3. a fox - not at all like one - with
	6. Chanis. very file  vilely cut                                     	a dead cock.  its comb and throat
	but with an enormous knuckle bone                                    	pendant delicately cut - coming over the
	well expressed The dog is a bold                                     	fillet of the great leaf: its tail hanging
	looking species with floppy ears: but                                	down with long straight feathers, exquisite
	very unsatisfactory                                                  	-  (Vulp - broken)  IS.  left.
                                                                      	The head however is not the least like a fox.
	7.  Muscipulus. with a (rat ?)                                       
                                                                      	4. Rifo. The whole broken away.
	8. Ursus: with a honeycomb: merely drill holed                       
	for cells: but with flies or  [?] enormous                           	5. Aper. well tusked. with an enormous
	bees in basso relievo upon it                                        	head shaped like a fir cone but grained		(Done)
                                                                      	like corn, of some grass in his mouth -
						Done                                                            	it springs from & heads the leaves which
                                                                      	then  occupy the space between fillets

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