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                                                                      				       TOMBS
                                                                      
                                                                      	but also observe, gilded up to the ends of their lobes
                                                                      thus                 The sections of arches in screen
                                                                           above are               for cusped traceries, and
                                                                      			   or				  on the gables, all in
		Side shaft carried up across cornice mouldings in                   style with a la Scala feeling mixed with flamy Venetian :
		tomb of Michael Steve.  Vid opp.                                    (and evidently of date and sharp cutting of palace
                                                                      balconies) the crockets on the gables are small - and in
                                                                      setting, Pisam:  but at the side Venetian in flow
                                                                      and size, yet not in make.
            This tomb also only mentioned in Venice and lagoons.      I believe the Vegetable rib of Doge pal cap sho[p]ws an earl-
                                                                      ier period:  The clasicalists journalised.  The middle peri[o]
            The Doges who always same - ermine caps above straight    period only was imitative.
            Dress - ermine onlt carved on the border.                 	the cherubs heads with their wings which occupy upper
            This tomb comparatively plain, on ground level in north                  gables of this tomb may have suggested their common use in
            aisle.                                                    later balconies.
                                                                               Tomb of Michael Steve - died 26th December, 1413.
                                                                      Ermine painted black on cape of robe - cut only at edges - 
                                                                      Face bad - both as a man’s, in cutting draperies stiff
                                                                      excessively.  Sarcoph[g]agus plinth all round as opp:
                                                                      the shafts at edge only incised leaves - not ribbed.  The
                                                                      base of spiral shafts fanciful   but with curled angle
                                                                      leaf rib.

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