Brick and marble in the Middle Ages : notes of tours in the north of Italy (1874)
Street, George Edmund, 1824-1881 · London : J. Murray · leaf 118
SAN FRANCESCO—BRESCIA. Of the churches of Brescia there seem to be but few ofany interest; that of San Francesco, of whose west front Igive a sketch, is the best, and, though not of uncommondesign, is worth notice; the mixture of white and black … Chap. V.] SAN FRANCESCO. 73 marble and brick is very judicious; but I must protest oncemore against the arcaded eaves-cornices, which are veryelaborate and heavy; nor can I bring myself to like the greatflat gable, covering both nave and aisles, and divided only bypilaster strips, which…
