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                                                                      Michele Morosini, 1382, the richest in St J. and Paul:  The
                                                                      		shafts of niches are of wood.
The tops of large niches with delicate leaf crockets                  		Their brackets two rows of leafage like St J  and P capitals
very beautiful - all of a piece - a large lancet lobed                		with ball below.  The lower range with rib outside
leaf running up each side of the pyramid.                             		{below} curled in, and the upper range with rib inside
There is an approximation in their stilted arch to that               		and curled out, and rows with fruit centres interposed:
of the front canopy Doges Palace.                                     		The niche shafts are of the leaf capital pointed to top
The early figure crockets are very valuable not extravagant nor pleasing their profile		not florid.  The crockets rude, simple figures awkwardly
                                                                      		set above a rose between curled leaves, pinned on to
                                                                      		gable of tomb.
This tomb is the elaborately                                          		Round the lozenge of Christ {in centre} a simple cable, with
rich one on right hand of                                             		ribbed leaves laid from above or below on each angle.
choir, Selvatico p 145                                                		The face with aquiline nose, much emaciated, but very
Merely mentioned in Venice, and its                                   		fine in profile:  less so near from above.  George Richmondish:- 
lagoons, It is highly finished in                                     		 (keen chiselled aquiline nose) but more so when
all its work, and evidently typical of                                		the eyes are seen open above in the portrait kneeling.
much that succeeded.  Chiefly important                               		The Madonna presenting the kneeling figure to a Crucifix.
for the incipient florid crocket                                      		7 brackets have supported as many figures in front of lying
St Michael at top a fine picturesque                                  		figure, now gone - each bracket of wrinkled leaves, crushed
finial but the leaf finials of its side pinnacles                     		together with branched ribs a branch to each lobe.  The
are twisted and vulgar, like late torch flames, One                   		gabled dentil very sharp, occurs on large brackets below.
would enjoy them more but for their unlucky association.              		The great brackets under the niches of this tomb - for observe
                                                                      									vid p 28.

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