[St M.28L]                                                            [St M.28]							28
                                                                      
	[diagram]  a			+ These angle leaf  -                                 		First Porch
					bases are later work.                                            
					evidently very refined                                           The upper shafts are 3  “  3 round at
					in cutting                                                       the base. and about  1  “  5  to  1  “  7. apart
                                                                      The sides of their base plinths are 1  “  3
                                                                      those on the Sea side having very
                                                                      rich & elaborate angle leaves  +
                                                                      but on the Merceria side plain [?] leaves
				Merceria                                                          			rounded.
		on the other - left  ^    side. the                                 flat at point with one ridge   rib. and
innermost is also  2  “  8. with remarkable                           reminding me much in shape of those of
precision. the bases arranged in                                      the small shafts of doges palace
   same manner. Then counting outwards                                in balcony next sea.
their circumfs are. 2  “ 10.     2   “  11.                           
2	“  10  and 3  “  3                                                  But the innermost of the 5 is only
                                                                      2  “  8 round at base. and has -a
                                                                      most unusual thing the rude base
                                                                      opposite of which the lower member  a
                                                                      is octagonal - all worked in
                                                                      one piece with shafts
                                                                      Height of this shaft
                                                                      from upper basic fillet to its capital
                                                                      bell.  7  “  1 ½
                                                                      and to [inch?] surface of upper plinth, 8  “  1.
                                                                      The entire height from plinth to
                                                                      plinth is 9 feet. giving 11 in for
                                                                      its base.
                                                                      The other bases are lower. a  about 9,
                                                                      Now the upper plinth is exactly the
                                                                      [thin?] flower plinth which
                                                                      forms the abacus foundation of the
                                                                      great thick one.
                                                                        But under this. at the back of
                                                                      the pillars [?] the heavier
                                                                      cornice with cross patterns of the
                                                                          interior of the church -

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