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No 76 DUCAL PALACE FRONT WINDOWS AND SIDE TO
PIAZZETTA
At p 97 is part of the description of the Fourth window
of Ducal Palace: that which is marked b opposite on the
facade, towards the sea: for the rest of it - vid pages
87, here - and 89; for its capital. No 64 fig 2.
The next window - C: shows a great change: The section
remains the same as that of V; both in archivolt and
jamb - the base has been the same, applied in the same way
to flanking and flanked dential - vid No 76 fig 2
where its section is rudely drawn: it is all worked in
the limestone like Lucca - the rest of its description is
on No 76.
x (1) In this window then we have a piece of work when Gothic
was entirely degraded, or was done cheply; but still
when Gothic architecture existed.
The descriptions of windows d-e-f and the continuing
round to piazzetta of g, h, i, are given also in No 76
x (2) Now observe, that in i we arrive at a new period altogether
Vide M 2 p 44 one of very recent rstoration; yet of which we have no
definite accoun[I]t: The inferiority of that window
is detailed in No 76, but I suspected the accuracy
of my notes until I got upstairs to the two small windows
on the side towards the piazzetto which are
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