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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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