[M.18L]                                                               [M.18]	Monza. Duomo.	18
                                                                      
                                                                      		their moulding shown in the pure transparent golden marble;  of
                                                                      		which one can see through the edges.  They hardly amount to more
                                                                      		than undulations, and would be meagre in a common stone;  above
                                                                      		the disposition of the alternate shafts & squares is shown in
                                                                      		fig 2 p 41: They are crowned by exquisitely rich & delicate
                                                                      		capitals; and these support a horizontal frieze thrown across
                                                                      		their angles, with egg & foliage mouldings of perfect beauty;
                                                                      		richly rounded, Almost the same moulding crowns the still
                                                                      		more finished detached capital of the two main shafts, rudely
                                                                      		sketched at p 42, remarkable for their expansion; perhaps the
                                                                      		loveliest cinq-cento capitals I have yet seen:  their bases simple
                                                                      		& square: (shafts of deep green serpentine opposed to white marble
                                                                      		capital & base) set on a high pedestal, through which is
                                                                      		seen a monster, much broken:  the proportion of pedestal to
                                                                      Bases of		shaft rudely at p 43 l 1; it would be vile in a row of shafts
                                                                      shafts		- it is beautiful on each side of a porch:  its proportions here
                                                                      		quite perfect.  The whole work in its unity of classical
                                                                      		or cinqu.cento dignity & grace & delicacy  of ornament &
                                                                      		moulding, with a pure early gothic plan, and intricacy
                                                                      		of shadow, is unique; and marks a manner never yet
                                                                      		worked out: and soon lost by the over prevalence of
                                                                      		renaissance forms.
                                                                      		Its foliation is throughout also full of grace, though received with
                                                                      		flat fillets. purely penetrative: like slender trefoils and always

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