The art of the Pitti Palace : with a short history of the building of the palace, and its owners, and an appreciation of its treasures (1903)
Addison, Julia de Wolf Gibbs, 1866- · Boston : L.C. Page · leaf 44
of one of these lions flows the purestwater in the city; it comes from the far-away hill-country of Pratolino. It is also unfortunate thatthe exigencies of modern conditions have made itnecessary to fill the dignified arched windows allover the fagade with hideous square inner case-ments and panes.… … tiiu< < Pi HH OHO I &a Q <: Xuca pttti an5 Ibis palace 27 arches of the basement were originally doors insteadof windows. Among the tests which he appliedwas that of observing the ceilings in the interior.The rooms between these openings have vaultedceilings, while those into which the…
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