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mass of capitals belonging to the former period; and q
16 0 0 (25 to 27) of the recent restoration.
15 0 0 But I was excessively puzzled by the gradual improvement
14 0 0 in work shown in my notes from the 28th to the 35th wherein
13 0 0 one finds oneself unquestionably in finer time, - nor
12 0 0 0 0 less puzzled - because these bad capitals come under the
11 0 noble lion headed tracery windows, where we have the finest.
10 0 Now these bad capitals appear to me restorations of the time
9 0 of the upper arcade inside: q is that arcade of the time
8 0 ,of the upper windows towards canal? Again: from the
7 0 28th capital to the 11th, going round on piazzetta side,
6 0 we have a remarkably picturesque group, full of quaintness
5 0 and vigour; all its leaves ribbed and severe.
4 0 The 12th is of the time of inner arcade:
3 0 The 13th 14th and 15th I think same time - the clumsy time
2 0 The 16th Begins the work of the Bons and all henceforward
0 is different.
Now the 16th carries the wall which separates M. Lorenzi’s
room from the sala di Scrutinio as the 12th carries main
palace saloon wall:
This 12th is the one with the pilaster; and I cannot at
all make out
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