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[blank]                                                               Distinctions between
                                                                      Pavia and Torcello.
                                                                      Projection of arches much
                                                                      flatter & heavier in Pav.
                                                                      and Triforium arch.
                                                                      A distinctly gothic principle
                                                                      in the vaulting: and the
                                                                      vaulting shafts carried
                                                                      up clear. though round below
                                                                      & square above: The com-
                                                                      pound piers most [?],
                                                                      and with it the compound
                                                                      arch and window. deep
                                                                      recess.
                                                                      Torcello all simple arch and
                                                                      shaft & roll
                                                                      Whence first this compound
                                                                      system, like ones Norman
                                                                      then. the fitting of everything
                                                                      in Pavia to its place. while
                                                                      in Torcello the carved blocks
                                                                      are cut anyway for the pulpit
                                                                      and everyway a cross at the
                                                                      door cut out of a carved slab

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