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                                                                      	          QUATTRO EVANGELISTI:
                                                                      	a shallow cavetto.  Their pils at fig 1 p 31 B[i]t book
                                                                      dogt. very small. their capitals at f g 2 with excessively
                                                                      small dogt.  They are formed from the police house capital
                                                                      by softening and rounding the lobes:  and placing another
                                                                      leaf under the angle one.  They are finely finished;
                                                                      are incised below:  ribbed above:  delicately:  and
                                                                      seem passing into the form of the bacon palace:  This
                                                                      house therefore may be grouped with the fine central Gothic
                                                                      of the Niches of St Marks.
                                                                      Confirmatory of this view is the working of the figures:
                                                                      the Evangelists:  it is very fine and early in character,
                                                                      and closely like that of the two angels already referred
                                                                      to p 213 at top:  (this r[s]ese[o]mblance being noted separately
                                                                      at far different times)  The straight plumed edgy
                                                                      swordlike wing is especially resemblant.
                                                                      The door is very interesting:  a pointed arch:  having
                                                                      for its mouldings - a very flat cut Byzantine animal
                                                                      wreath between two dentils;  all enclosed in sq[Q]. and
                                                                      	the spandril spaces having been filled by two winged (lions
                                                                      now defaced (compare back gate of Priuli and see how
                                                                      things group together) standing against the arch.  The arms
                                                                      within the arch are unhappily defaced, carried by three
                                                                      angels very elaborately and richly carved.  The whole
                                                                      above level cross lintel as usual.

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