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                                                                      		       BYZANTINE HOUSES NEAR FOSCARI
                                                                      	 It diminished slightly from its junction, without losing
                                                                      its general form until the joint seen two feet and a
                                                                      half about above the green leaves in No 125.  Then
                                                                      from two pieces of stone it of course becomes one;  the
                                                                      lower triangle incisions between the leaves (at this
                                                                      extremities are massed - one triangular opening takes
                                                                      the place of the central foil and the ornamentbecomes a
                                                                      mean succession of arched frescoes, fig 2.  p 74 1 which
                                                                      diminish gradually the angle of slope becoming steeper
                                                                      as the centre of the moulding is always kept out to
                                                                      same level while its breadth narrower;  the dentils narrow
                                                                      ing to a quarter of an inch but retained to the bottom,
                                                                      until the final apperance and section)real size, are figs
                                                                      3 & 4 p 74.
                                                                      1 and more neatly fig 3 p 74 and section h4 k2 p 74
                                                                      The dentils are worked down from surface but come altogethe
                                                                      below it from mere careless chiselling.
                                                                      There is a beautiful richness and piquancy about these
                                                                                   ornament rude as it is, from its neat and delicate dentil
                                                                      and sharp projection.
                                                                      The medallion above are all up and down1 as drawn on
                                                                      No 124, I cannot tell if in brick or red mable rolls;
                                                                      but I think the latter, 1 is roughly drawn on No 125,
                                                                      2 more carefully, fig 2 No 124.  3 fig 1 p 45 1 Houses
                                                                      2.  4 is nearly defaced, 5  fig 2 p 36 1 &c while on p
                                                                      56 fig 3 is an accurate profile laterally of bases on long
                                                                      plinths

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