Plate 99. Window and Balcony

On Plate 99 is represented a window and balcony of the second story of the Palace Cancelleria erected for the Cardinal Riario about 1495 by the architect Bramante. (The arcade of the court of this palace was treated at Plate 97.)

At Fig. 1 is an elevation, and at Fig. 2 a section at a larger scale. Figs. 3, 4, and 5 are de[tails] of both window and balcony. As a pilaster treatment forms the decoration of the wall we have taken one-half [the] width of a pilaster for the module scale in drawing this Window. The windows are spaced from center to center 23 modules 27 parts, and on each side between the windows are two pilasters 7 modules 29 parts from center to center[.] The[y] stand on a projecting pedestal as shown at Fig. 2. As the consoles of the balcony rest on the cornice of the lower story, and are partly h[idd]en thereby, the architect very skilfully designed them in two divisions as shown at Fig. 4. The medallion over the window projects four parts, and is ornamented with a five-leafed rose which [is] recalled in the balcony and many other places. The details of these windows […]