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                                                                      		were chiefly erected from 1342 to 1349 by Pietro Basegio
                                                                      		Venezia e le sue lagune p 344 but carried on after 1350
                                                                      		to the conspiracy:  by Calendario and after Calendario’s
                                                                      		death, the works were continued till 1423, no proto of
                                                                      		them being distinctly named:  but the Council
                                                                      		chamber says Zanotto was not so long in finishing as to
                                                                      		1423, as Sansovino would have it, but lo doea dovea
                                                                      		essere assai prima. come proveremo, sull’ appoggio
1347    Di 14 Marti Sepultura Domini Marci Justiniano S dominus       		principalmente del decreto 4 decembre 1362
						{Bragule et eo eredum}                                          		This decree is given at p 185 of Pareri.
	This is one of the instances in which the Italians have attempted    Tomb of Marco Giustiniani, 1347 :  Two in each bracket.
	grotesque and utterly failed:  There are many similar                		Monstrous heads with long smooth ears but half idiotic
	attempts in the Ducal palace - all equally unsuccessful.             		forming brackets, facaded on Nigro, showing utter weak-
	Female saint on left, angel on right with scroll founded             		ness of Italian in this respect.  All the work singularly
	also on Ducal palace  Curtain hung up: behind Madonna -              		hard and bad - Gabled dentil and 2 leaf cornice remarkable
	Angels take hold and peep over - Child stands on lap                 		for its development thus early of the projection of the
	lays one hand on book - has two roses in the other - Two             		lower lobe of the leaf;  It has shafts at the angle in
	male saints at back angles with books - all abominably cut.          		which the pointed leaf capitals is entirely developed -
                                                                      		and a spiral of the section which looks rude cutting of
                                                                      		[drawing] the common design:  I am relieved to think its
                                                                      		workmanship cheap.  Its flower plinth &c in
                                                                      		Gothic book p 41.
                                                                      		This tomb is in first chapel on right {south} of
                                                                      		choir;. on its north side
                                                                      Tomb unknown - a Knight in chain mail;  the leaf cornice
                                                                      		quite flat and simple - Vid No 115.

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