[PB.6L] [PB.6] 6
[landscape orientation] [archivolt of lower story of Ducal palace]
[diagram] Fig 2 s H r q p o y x n m 2 Measures taken on this
mn circular (?) 3 ½ [diagram] Fig 1 2 k I h g b f e d c b a
n o (-) 11
o p 7/8 inches
p q 1/2 a b (?) 9 ½
q r 2 b c 2 ¼
r s 1 “ 5 ½ c d (-)chord 1 ¼
ss 2 1 ½ d e (-) 1 ¾
x y 3 ½ f g (-) 6 5/8
g h 1
[diagram] Fig 3 [?] to rough stone 2in h v (?) 7
i k 1
Observe. no. here would be a tangent k l 1 “ 5 ¾
to curve at n
st. is the back of the archivolt The depth of cavetto
s2. y. is the abacus head. f g: from its chord
ss 2. and xy. are verticals to the abacus edge to centre is = c d (-)
or 1 ¼ .
One side of the hexagonal abacus at its top, 1 “ 7 ½
Observe of the dog teeth d e: they are higher
than broad: being - along base, only 1 ¾ broad
which, counting along (up) the arch, there are
just six to a foot.
a to b is a pure semicircle.
For further details of this section vide Nos
89. 90. Page 113. M.
Done.
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