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cylindrical shafts with an Ionic looking capital
This house is usually called that of and ill cut small heads above. The
Bensi Zecchini. Vid Cicogna. in angle balconies have one cherubs another
[diagram] A church of later renaissance leaves. all ill cut
Madonna [?] in the central row of windows it has
dell Orto been as at A: . Foscari pattern. and all
is Sq : it has had its cusps on outer side
[diagram] B [diagram] C slipped a little way from the dentil as
shown in the blackened span of B. and another
[diagram] D ...d joint huge flattened brutal lions head .inconceivably
Bensi vile. thrown in to fill up the space
Vid Bensi Zecchini Masonry at C. The section
Cicogna in church of Madonna dell Orto is [diagram] and the blunt
Done. 4 foil cusp
is bluntly trefoiled
The roses. in the
upper triangle
are huge & ruder 4 leaved only to [?] [?]
ie. - the lions heads
below - much
smaller than the roses
and utterly cramped
& vile
The capitals are an early florid Kp. not
bad - standing on Alabaster shafts as
opp. D: the part of d. being plain
Lateral pilasters Kp. florid and c c h.
and perhaps showing the best leaf work
in the house
All is imitation. cheap & slovenly. and
I cannot make it out.
Done
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