[M.58L] [M.58] Riva de' Schiavoni. 58
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School D. General type opposite. The section D. a is constant
* and have had a florid balustrade now in all windows of this form: with the capital more usually on pilaster profile
bricked up. only cornice left D.b. and balconies supported by ledges of the
A moulding D.c. supported by brackets of the shaded profile.
The first house along quay from Danieli’s is of this design
- nothing remarkable: The second house, some distance on
is very beautiful: it has two stories above ground floor:
with four windows in a row in the centre of each: and
single windows irregularly at the side - all of this curve
D. and section D a: The upper story has Lombard
capitals exactly like those of St Stefano - fillet - leaves
&c: (to its three central pillars) and bud in centre: only
they have at their base the section D e; instead of the
Note - have they simple circular fillet. about 5 diamonds seen on shaft
the dog tooth side; the pillars being remarkable for their slenderness
above their proportion nearly as f opposite. At this side, they have
the pilaster D b as last house.
The 4 windows of story below are all within a pannel (square) of dentils *
- in the wall outside are two Byzantine circles with
beasts. The capitals & pilasters both florid: though not
rich: the shafts with base g opposite, and simple
upturned leaf, h: the whole placed on a long plinth
of profile i, but so broken away from dentil that I
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