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                                                                      Dijon 6th Oct.
                                                                      
                                                                      Families of Gothic.
                                                                      		1.   Surface Gothic, characterized by its rich surface
                                                                      		decoration and by what I have above called the element of
                                                                      		the mass instead of the line:  by its rosette and trefoil
                                                                      		ornaments and other positive imitative forms:  A very
                                                                      		characteristic example the little pointed window which I
                                                                      		saw to-day at Vittaux a p 9 l notebook R Now this
                                                                      		Gothic divides into the two great schools.
                                                                      	1. a.	Early French and English, Coutances - Amiens - Lisieux, &c
                                                                      	1 b.	Gothic of Giotto:  which latter represents the style
                                                                      		brought to high intellectual perfection;  the materials
                                                                      		rendering this possible;  and the cast of the Italian
[?] [?] mossy green patched with blue purple slate                    		mind being far in advance of architectural science.
& red purple heather: rich dark fresh green patches of                		2.   Central Gothic:  That which is balanced between the line
[fern?] and paler fresh green bright in [frosti? fresh?]ness          		and mass in which the surface decorations are still rich,
                                                                      		while the mouldings have become perfectly pure - Divides
                                                                      		into
                                                                      	2 . a.  Central French and English.  North door, Rouen.  Notre
                                                                      		dame de Paris, North door;  and our chapter house at
                                                                      		Salisbury. York etc.
                                                                      	2. b.  The Gothic of Venice.
                                                                      		3.   Linear Gothic;  the line predominant;  surface decoration
                                                                      		ceasing, and all done by the repetition of preeminently

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