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                                                                      	instance occurs magnificent upon the so called tomb of
                                                                      Antonio:  and almost every other form combined with this
	The peculiar and beautiful brick arches                              on St Antonio, more  especially the root of it, the plain
either plain or with various diamond or chequer ornament              diamond     and the noble Chess or dice tesselation
occur in multitudes on St Antonio and throughout - Padua              properly used on the arches of the minarets which I am
It is in fact the prevailing style.                                   amazed to find are of the rare form      having small
                                                                      pointed arches beneath them - being a most curious, and
                                                                      graceful reconciliation of the pointed and round:  (I
                                                                      cannot but doubt the original form of this arch in the
                                                                      two southern porches of St Mark’s) and at the top,
                                                                      becoming a delicate ogee
                                                                      5th Windows.	The ogee curves used in the Gothic here are for the most
                                                                      part the first transition from the point to it
                                                                      just touched at the extremity, and the palace windows
                                                                      are remarkable both for the delicacy of this curve and
                                                                      for the small and rich flower plinths encompassing them,
                                                                      far more delicate than anything at Venice, a very old tre-
                                                                      foliate form occurs also fig 1 opp; in simple brick and
                                                                      every coil of the cable a brick separate.
                                                                      Capitals.	But note especially that the curious capital like a base
                                                                      with raised leaves reversed, and very shallow in the bell
                                                                      noticed as unique in the Canna reggio at Venice, occurs
                                                                      frequently in the streets arcades of Padua and Vicenzo
                                                                      and is always detestable.
                                                                      Arcades.	One of the Gothic palaces of Vicenza has a very beautiful
                                                                                  effect

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