Notebook·PU-Mu 1050, Box 8, folder 8·spring 1949

J. S. Last, I Architecture Objects Spring 1949J. S. Last

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Handwritten in English. Every line is transcribed, and the text sits beside the scan.

Scan 4 of notebook PU-Mu 1050, Box 8, folder 8 (J. S. Last, I Architecture Objects Spring 1949), handwritten in English. The transcription follows.

Scan: Penn Museum Archives, Philadelphia, PU-Mu 1050, Box 8, folder 8, Courtesy of the Penn Museum.

Unnumbered pageScan 4 of 75

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A1 CORINTHIAN CAPITAL White marble - some bluish veining Ht ·582 Diam at base ·423 Purchased from Cleanthis Kassapis of Episkopi. Double row of acanthus leaves ?blossom in centre of each side near top of abacus. Top surface roughly picked except for smooth band ca 25 cm wide from side to side Much chipped. Arcade Curium House - Roll no

A2 IONIC CAPITAL White sandstone poros Ht ·212 (at centre ·132) ·500 x ·350 wide. Diam of base ·295. Abacus ·038 sq. Curium "Palace" Sides of volutes cushions show relief of bundles of lily leaves* - egg & dart type deep carving relief between volutes on echinus decoration Arcade Cur. H. Roll no

A3 CORINTHIAN CAP White marble Ht ·500 Diam at base ·375 from Turkish woman in Episkopi Double row acanthus. Top surface smooth & slightly undulate. Much chipped (3 helices missing) E. Apotheke Roll no

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? of abacus sketch of top

tooth chiselled ? leaf & dart * see Durm p309 fig 288

- between helix points estimated ·560

65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain

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