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The peculiar and beautiful brick arches [drawing] either plain or with		instance occurs magnificent upon the so called tomb of
various diamond or chequer ornament occur in multitudes on St         		Antenor:  and almost every other form combined with this
Antonio and throughout Padua - it is in fact the prevailing style.    		on St Antonio, more  especially the root of it, the plain
                                                                      		diamond     and the noble Chess or dice tesselation
[drawing]                                                             		properly used on the arches of the minarets which I am
                                                                      		amazed to find are of the rare form [drawing] having small
                                                                      		pointed arches beneath them - being a most curious, and
                                                                      		graceful reconciliation of the pointed and round:  (I
                                                                      		cannot but doubt the original form of this arch in the
                                                                      		two southern porches of St Mark’s) and at the top,
                                                                      		becoming a delicate ogee [drawing]
                                                                      5th Windows.	The ogee curves used in the Gothic here are for the most
                                                                      		part the first transition from the point to it [drawing]
                                                                      		just [touched?] at the extremity, and the palace windows
                                                                      		are remarkable both for the delicacy of this curve and
                                                                      		for the small and rich flower plinths encompassing them,
                                                                      		far more delicate than anything at Venice, a very old trifoliate
                                                                      		form occurs also fig 1 opp; in simple brick and
                                                                      		every coil of the cable a brick separate.
                                                                      Capitals.	But note especially that the curious capital like a base
                                                                      		with raised leaves [?] reversed, and very shallow in the bell
                                                                      		noticed as unique in the Canna reggio at Venice, occurs
                                                                      		frequently in the streets {arcades} of Padua and Vicenza
                                                                      		and is always detestable.
                                                                      Arcades.	One of the Gothic palaces of Vicenza has a very beautiful effect

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