The stones of Venice . Y/V 10. FINAL APPENDIX. 247 Fig. stone which form the tops of the balconies are of great strength anddepth, the small trefoiled arches being cut out of them as in Fig. III., so as hardly to diminish their bindingpower. In the lighter independentbalconies they are often cut deeper;but in all cases the bar of stone isnearly independent of the small shaftsplaced beneath it, and would standfirm though these were removed, asat a, Fig. II., supported either bythe main shafts of the traceries, or by its own small pilasters with semi-shafts at their sides, of the plan d, Fig
The stones of Venice . Y/V 10. FINAL APPENDIX. 247 Fig. stone which form the tops of the balconies are of great strength anddepth, the small trefoiled arches being cut out of them as in Fig. III., so as hardly to diminish their bindingpower. In the lighter independentbalconies they are often cut deeper;but in all cases the bar of stone isnearly independent of the small shaftsplaced beneath it, and would standfirm though these were removed, asat a, Fig. II., supported either bythe main shafts of the traceries, or by its own small pilasters with semi-shafts at their sides, of the plan d, Fig. II., in a continuous balcony,and e at the angle of one. There is one more very curious circumstance illustrative of the Ve-netian desire to obtain horizontal pressure. In all the Gothic stair-cases with which I am acquainted, out of Venice, in which vertical shaftsare used to support an inclined line, those shafts are connected byarches rising each above the other, with a little bracket above the capitals,on the side where it is necessary to raise the a
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