British School at Rome: Papers of the British School at Rome (2.1904)

Drawings Attributed to Andreas Coner.

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1 . Frontispiece (number, if any, cut away and back blank).
NOTA• QVOD• OMNIA• QVAE• IN • ISTO•LIBRO' SVNT•
ME^SSVRATA • CVM• BRACHIIS• FLORE^TINIS' DIVIDENDO-
BRACHIVM - IN • PARTES'SEXAGIVTA'QVAS • VOCO• MINVTA•
ET - CVM• IPSIS • MINVTIS • MINVTISSIME - ME^SSVRATVM•
EST-
The braccio fiorentino in which all the measurements in the drawings
by the earlier hand are given, those by the later hand having no measure-
ments, is equivalent to 0'583626 metre (Geymuller, Projets primitifs pour
la basilique de Saint Pierre, 354), or almost exactly 23 inches: so that
each ' minute' is equivalent to 0'0097 metre (practically one centimetre) or
roughly f of an inch.
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HICNOGRAFIA-ANPHTEATRPVESPASIANrSIVE DOMITIANI
Accurate ground plan of the Colosseum without measurements.
3 .(iv) QUARTA- PARS • ANPHITEATRI.
Originally intended to contain a plan of a very small portion of the
Colosseum on a larger scale (some remains of which may be seen on the
right). It was then used for a quarter-plan of the amphitheatre (the N.E.
quarter) with the flights of steps shown and a few measurements. Some
scanty traces of the podium wall are to be seen.
4 .(2) SECVNDA• ANPHITEATRI.
Second story of the Colosseum. No measurements.
5 .(2v)
TERTIA• ANPHITEATRI -CVM • GRADIBVS.
Third story of the Colosseum with the rows of seats indicated. No
measurements.