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[landscape orientation] [landscape orientation]
The upper 3 are the 2 outermost 3 “ 3 round, half way up [great central portal]
- one innermost 3 “ 2 ------- ------------
(Their opposites are 2 outer - 3 “ 3 and one inner 3 “ 4.
. they stand about 1 “ 0. apart, half way up and [diagram] d c c2 a a
4 inches from wall
//// Wall pier of lower story
Their bases are 1 “ 6 this side. 6 inches apart. Outer line a b c d. lower flower cornice
2 from the wall behind and 3 6 from edge of of great plinth which continues alone
plinth in front on which they stand + and the carrying first the upper shafts
innermost is given in position on next page. then the archivolts
+ and about 2 from its extremity a b. and archivolts
the opposite 2 outer 3 “ 3 the inner 3 “ 4 |||||| wall ^ above this flower cornice
(measures on sea side of great central portal upper thin shafts in position
I see I am wrong in putting
even this edge of the central
one over that of the great
one below.
Nothing is more strange
in the church than
the carrying of this
central shaft
on the cross bit of
the thin flower
cornice not 4 ½ inches
thick. It is actually
set on a plank of stone
[Version 0.05: May 2008]