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24. These boxes are at stage level in the
prosCeniUITI arch.
25. It., VOllO del Teatro. Label S is missing
form the elevation. It probably refers
to the vault in the deep proscenium
arch.
26. The author is referring to a ceiling line
which begins at the ceiling of the prosceni um arch and is carried through by
the borders to the fifth order. This sentence is clearer in Italian because the
word for border, somto, also means
ceiling.
27. In the past, rocchetto has been translated imo English as "ratchet." As a
ratchet is usually understood to be a
wheel having teeth or serrations working with a reciprocating pawl, the term
"spoked wheel" was preferred in this
translation. A rocchetto most resembles a wheel with spokes or vanes protruding from it. Actually, it is a caPStan
with many vanes, laid on its side. Lines
were woven into the vanes to make
them secure and the vanes were used to
turn the drum to which it was attached
when setting the machine. A loop of
rope secured to a beam could be slipped
over one of the vanes to keep the machine from turning. Examples of this
type of rocchetto are abundant,
whereas there is no example of a
"ratchet" as described above. Good examples of the rocchetto may still be
seen in the grid of the Drottningholm
Theatre.
28. The "side beams of the grid" are undoubtedly the pin rails which were attached to the side walls by the bridges
where the machinists would have easy
access to them. Also, it is obvious that
the author has his ordering of events
confused as one does not tie off a machine to make it move. On the contrar}\
the ropes were released to free the counterweights that turned the machines.
The ropes were tied off when the machines were not in use.
29. Peritrochio: A search or many sources
has still not revealed the meaning of
this obscure word.
30. Eccelso Senato: exaulted or most excellent senate. 0 precedem for this term
has been found. It may refer to a trade
guild of masons or perhaps even the
name taken by the group of men who
organized themselves to build the
theatre.*

Thomas Ault is the author of Scenes
and Machines from the 18th Century:
The Works of Jacopo Fabris and Cityoen Boullet, Performing Arts Resources, Vol. 11. He is currently in India as an Indo-European Subcomission Fellow in Theatre.
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TEACHER/SCENE DESIGNER
Kenyon College is seeking applicants for position of Visiting Instructor/
Assistant Professor of Drama; special interest--Scene and Light
design. Two year appointment. Teach two courses per semester including Introduction to Theatre; design and/or supervise student design for
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