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                                                                      				DUCAL PALACE
                                                                      
                                                                      Now, Bettio  p 9 says that Calendario finished the larger
                                                                      		Council to the 7th column  and that the junction is plainly seen.  But Bettio is 		documentarily wrong in his
                                                                      		cane ogmen sa if Calendario was absent in 1350.
                                                                      Selvatico. depends on the words of the Cronaca Zancarola refare
                                                                      		le fazada, (p 125)
                                                                      		I should like to see the words of the decree itself
                                                                      		but looking at it to-day, I think it evident that the
                                                                      		whole upper part has been of brick;  and the refare le
                                                                      		fazade refers to the marble only.
                                                                      		 I must examine therefore this marble facing, with respect
                                                                      		to its joints, upon the arcade, to its junction with central
                                                                      		balcony etc.
                                                                      Selvatico’s idea is evidently that the interior of the palace
                                                                      		was built at the time stated by Sansovino  vid sentence
                                                                      		at p 127, and faced afterwards;  the outer column being
                                                                      		adapted to the inner cross wall.
                                                                      		But what does he mean by faced  There is but one wall and
                                                                      		that stands on the pillars if the wall was there, the
                                                                      		pillars must have been there - or else, the wall was inside
                                                                      		on the inner arcade, of which he says nothing.  What his
                                                                      		idea is, hardly appears.  But the words of the decree
                                                                      Note.  The words of the decree, p 183 pareri fiat id quod famae honor, et
                                                                      		utilitas terrae.

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