TAA i.3.23.35

Page number
35
Caption
Note for scientific publication on the sepulchral shrines
Creator
Date of creation
c. 1923-1939
Material
Ink
Paper
Measurements
27.9 x 21.6 cm (h x w)
Notes

Page 23 of first draft on shrines, handwritten. 

Handwritten notes on paper
Transcription

of the front. The front of the shrine comprises, beneath the 

cavetto cornice and roll moulding, a chief beam or over 

door frieze, tx[?]/<w>o door posts, and a sill; to which are 

hung its folding doors.

          Its external dimensions, given in ‘mean measurement’ are 

as follows:-

          At base – 335.5 x 207 cents.
          At abutment of cornice – 330.5 x 202 cents.
          At extreme edges of cornice – 356.5 x 229 cents.
          From ground to maximum height of roof – 208 cents.
          From ground to top of cornice – 188 cents.
          From ground to abutment of cornice – 165 cents.
          Opening of doorway – 161.5 cents. wide; and 137.5 cents. high.
          Batter – i.e. receding slope from ground upwards – approximately 

          15 mills. per one metre vertical.

 

          It is constructed of ten separate members and sections:- 

The roof in two separate sections; the cavetto cornice and roll 

moulding in from separate members; two side sections, <each> comprising 

a chief beam or frieze, panel and dado; one end section, 

consisting of two corner posts, a chief beam or frieze, panel, and 

dado; and one front section, which includes the chief 

beam or over door frieze, two corner posts, a sill, and two 

folding doors.