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[8] Rome: Tor di Nona Theatre: copy of measured drawing
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Reference number
SM 45/6/2 verso
Purpose
[8] Rome: Tor di Nona Theatre: copy of measured drawing
Aspect
Cross section of roof truss and detail of scarfed tie beam
Scale
bar scale of ft English to a scale of 2¾ inches divided by 10; a further unrelated, rough bar scale of 1¼ inches divided by 10
Inscribed
Teatro Tordinona / Tutti le Travi di Castagno in generale / Pezzo di Abete secchio / con certi altri
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil, some pricking for transfer, traces of red sealing wax at corners on laid paper (394 x 550)
Hand
Soane
Notes
The dimensions given tally with the scale. See following drawing for part-plan of roof. There are (? unexecuted) designs by Carlo Fontana (1634-1714) in Sir John Soane's Museum (SM volume 117). Comparing the thumbnail plan on the following drawing with Fontana's several plans shows that his auditorium has raked sides, which Soane's does not. Fontana's designs do have 5 Tiers of Boxes but fewer than 25 Rows of Seats. The medieval Tor di Nona (Torre dell'Annona) was replaced by a theatre in 1667. It was altered, rebuilt and finally demolished to make way for the embankments of the Tiber in 1888.
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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