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Folio 83 recto (Ashby 138): Nine capitals
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Reference number
SM volume 115/138
Purpose
Folio 83 recto (Ashby 138): Nine capitals
Inscribed
[Mount] 138 [x2]
Medium and dimensions
[Drawing] (Drawing media as below) On laid paper (232x164mm), damage along the right edge corresponding with the stitching fold, rounded corners at left, inlaid (back to front with respect to original foliation, window on verso of mount)
[Mount] Frame lines, in pen and dark brown ink, 10mm apart
Watermark
[Drawing] None [Mount] None
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Group
Digitisation of the Codex Coner has been made possible through the generosity of the Census of Antique Works of Art and Architecture Known in the Renaissance, Berlin.
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Contents of Folio 83 recto (Ashby 138): Nine capitals
- Drawing 1 (top row, left): Unidentified Corinthian capital
- Drawing 2 (top row, centre): Corinthian-type capital with sea monsters seen possibly at Tivoli
- Drawing 3 (top row, right): Composite capital similar to those on the Arch of Titus
- Drawing 4 (second row, left): Unidentified Corinthian-type capital
- Drawing 5 (second row, centre): Unidentified capital with winged horses
- Drawing 6 (third row, left): Unidentified fantastical capital with sea serpents
- Drawing 7 (third row, centre): Corinthian-type capital possibly from Hadrian’s Villa at Tivoli
- Drawing 8 (third row, right): Ionic capital once in Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
- Drawing 9 (bottom row, right): Ionic capital once in Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
- Drawing 10 (bottom row, left): Unidentified Corinthian-type capital with winged animals