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Drawing 7 (right column, third row): Ionic capital seen in San Paolo fuori le Mura
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Reference number
SM volume 115/148g
Purpose
Drawing 7 (right column, third row): Ionic capital seen in San Paolo fuori le Mura
Aspect
Cross section of half, with measurements, and schematic section of volute
Scale
To an approximate scale of 1:9
Inscribed
[Measurements]
Signed and dated
- c.1513/14
Datable to c.1513/14
Medium and dimensions
Pen and brown ink over black chalk and three vertical stylus lines
Hand
Bernardo della Volpaia
Notes
The section is of the capital shown above it, and cuts through the capital behind the volutes, to show the profiles of the echinus, abacus and other mouldings, with the position of one of the volutes being faintly sketched in on the left. The small diagram further to the left is a slice through one of the volutes to show its profile in plan.
Literature
Ashby 1904, p. 71
Census, ID 47046 and 47045
Census, ID 47046 and 47045
Level
Drawing
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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