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RIVA DE’ SCHIABONI
School D. General type opposite. The section
D. a is constant in all windows of this form: with the
capital more usually on pilaster profile D.b. and
A. balconia supported by ledges of the moulding D.c. supported
by brackets of the shaded profile. The first house along
quay from Daniel’s is of this design - nothing remarkable
The second house, some distance on, is very beautiful: it
has two stories above ground floor: with four windows
in a row in the centre of each: and single windows
irregularly at the side - all of this curve D. and section
D a: The upper story has Lombard capitals exactly
like those of St Stefano - fillet - leaves - etc (to its
three central pillars) and bud in centre: only they have
at their base the section D e; instead of the simple circu-
larsfillet, about 5 diamonds seen on shaft side; the pil-
lars being remarkable for their slenderness their propor-
tion nearly as f opposite. At this side, they have the
pilaster D b as last house.
The 4 windows of story below are all within a pannel
(Square) of dentils and have had a florid balustrade now
bricked up only cornice left - in the wall outside are
two Byzantine circles with beasts. The capitals
and pilasters both florid: though not rich: the shafts
with base g opposite, and simple upturned leaf, h the
whole placed on a long plinth of profile i, but so broken
away from dentil that I
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