[M.134L]                                                              [M.134]	Frari. Pacific Tomb. San Giov. e. Paolo	134
In Venice and its Lagoons.  The basreliefs on the tomb                
are said to be in "creta cotta"  The body of the Beato                		the hollow and dark spaces being for the most part veiled with
Pacifico Bono was laid here in 1437.                                  		cobwebs:  the lights loaded with dust - gold remaining
                                                                      		here and there in unseemly patches, mixed with the dullbrick red of the stucco, the colours  mildewed or darkened,
                                                                      		and the projections rubbed or broken away,  there is not
                                                                      		a single line of the composition which has its intended
                                                                      		effect - or which can be either felt or judged justly: the angels
[diagram]                                                             		with instruments have much of the Angelico quality and
                                                                      		appear the best part of the monument:  the Baptism
                                                                      		behind is mannered yet graceful - the attendant angels are numerous; and
                                                                      		in their action and in their full draperies they are more like women,
                                                                      		but for their richly plumed wings.  The sarcophagus
                                                                      		itself is the worst - the composition of the resurrection
                                                                      		very vile;  the descent into hell somewhat better,
                                                                      		but the arrnagement of the whole thoroughly meagre and
                                                                      		bad, & richly meriting Selva’s condemnation.
                                                                      To be read tonight if pos.  Cicogna p 30 Housebook 2.
                                                                      St J & Paul Apse, p 24. G. book.
                                                                      		Here again we see the curious adaptation of tracery to upper
                                                                      		lights, thinning it:  The entire window is the one which
                                                                      		forms the lower half of apse, as at A. opp.
                                                                      		B. is the lower half b opp: in which the double
                                                                      		edge of cusp is conjectural, but I have no doubt is
                                                                      		accurate.  p2 p3 being the section across it at p4.

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