DUNE Wrote:
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> Hi Jon,
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> I see what you mean now, thanks for that.
>
> Its a close call, im not sure , ive given it a
> close look, and i still cant decide one way or the
> other, if i was to argue for the cartouche first ,
> then i see a slight curve in the down stroke of
> the reed, just slightly bending around the loop of
> the cartouche.
>
> But of course you would think the word "followers"
> if that is what precedes the cartouche would be
> written first, so yea you could well be right, but
> as i say i just wondering if they felt this upside
> down way gave them the room .
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> DPP
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> DPP

Considering that the entire rafter was pristine at the time of installation, I can't imagine any plausible reason that the original masons would have painted it in situ sideways, down there in the tight space of the sharp angle where the wall block forms a horisontal shelf at that junction rather then raise the entire thing a few feet where they could have far more comfortably painted it with plenty of space at both ends and in its proper orientation.