[M.216L]                                                              [M.216]	Quattro Evangelisti	216
                                                                      
                                                                      		a shallow cavetto.  Their pils at fig 1 p 31 Bit book
                                                                      		- dogt. very small. their capitals at fig 2 with excessively
                                                                      		small dogt.  They are formed from the police house capital
                                                                      		by softening and rounding the lobes:  and placing another
                                                                      		leaf under the angle one.  They are finely finished; are
                                                                      		incised below:  ribbed above:  delicately:  and {seem} passing into
                                                                      		the form of the bacon palace:  This house therefore may
                                                                      		be grouped with the fine central Gothic of the Niches
                                                                      		 of St Marks.
                                                                      		Confirmatory of this view is the working of the figures: the
                                                                      		Evangelists:  it is very fine & early in character, and
                                                                      		closely like that of the two angels already referred to p 213
                                                                      		at top: (this resemblance being noted separately at
                                                                      		far different times)  The straight-plumed, edgy, swordlike
                                                                      		wing is especially resemblant.
                                                                      		The door is very interesting: a pointed arch:  having
                                                                      		for its mouldings - a very flat cut Byzantine animal
                                                                      		wreath between two dentils;  all enclosed in sq. and
                                                                      Spandril		the spandril spaces having been filled by two winged
                                                                      fillings		(lions)? now defaced (compare back gate of Priuli and
                                                                      		see how things group together) standing against the
                                                                      		arch.  The arms within the arch are unhappily defaced,
                                                                      		carried by three angels very elaborately and richly carved.
                                                                      		The whole above level cross lintel as usual.

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