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Folio 84 recto (Ashby 140): Five capitals
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Reference number
SM volume 115/140
Purpose
Folio 84 recto (Ashby 140): Five capitals
Inscribed
[Mount] 140 [x2]
Medium and dimensions
[Drawing] (Drawing media as below) On laid paper (232x165mm), 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] Fleur-de-lys in circle topped with crown (variant 2; cut at bottom of window)
Level
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 84 recto (Ashby 140): Five capitals
- Drawing 1 (top left): Unidentified Ionic capital
- Drawing 2 (top right): Unidentified Corinthian capital for a pilaster
- Drawing 3 (centre left): Unidentified Composite capital
- Drawing 4 (bottom left): Corinthian capital from the Colosseum’s third storey
- Drawing 5 (bottom right): Corinthian capital with rams’ heads once in Santi Apostoli