I, a) S. Marco
Reference code
BCR/13
Title
I, a) S. Marco
Date
1950s-1960s
Level of description
item
Extent and format
1 volume
Large oblong quarto
Italian sketch book, cream card.
Large oblong quarto
Italian sketch book, cream card.
Scope and content
Two sketchpads inside one cover.
The first sketchpad, tucked inside the front cover of the other pad labelled 13, is missing its front and back covers. On the first page, written in red pencil is ‘[Cap. Greca] S. Marco’.
Pen and ink and pencil sketches on plain paper of ground plans and internal/external elevations with measurements and notes. Mainly about the church of S. Marco.
The second sketchpad, labelled 13, has an index on the inside front cover and includes information about S. Marco and S. Giovanni in Laterano. It has pen and ink sketches on plain paper of the ground plans and interior elevations of the churches with measurements, as well as sketches of architectural features such as windows and arcades.
Written descriptions and sketches of the features and materials used in the fabric of the buildings.
The first sketchpad, tucked inside the front cover of the other pad labelled 13, is missing its front and back covers. On the first page, written in red pencil is ‘[Cap. Greca] S. Marco’.
Pen and ink and pencil sketches on plain paper of ground plans and internal/external elevations with measurements and notes. Mainly about the church of S. Marco.
The second sketchpad, labelled 13, has an index on the inside front cover and includes information about S. Marco and S. Giovanni in Laterano. It has pen and ink sketches on plain paper of the ground plans and interior elevations of the churches with measurements, as well as sketches of architectural features such as windows and arcades.
Written descriptions and sketches of the features and materials used in the fabric of the buildings.
Creator
Corbett, George Uvedale Spencer (1913-2004), architect and academic