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 308
VENICE. Chap. VIII.] BALCONIES. 217 could be given up for shady arcades as in other Italian cities,nor were there any paths to be strolled along; the onlyresource was, therefore, to gain from the air that which theland could not afford, and by projections in front of thewindows to obtain that power… … BALCONY —VENICE. carved capitals, supporting a piece of stone whose under sideis notched up in a series of trefoils (generally ogee), restingupon the capitals of the shafts. These are divided occa-sionally by pilasters, under which are corbels jutting outboldly to support their weight; and above…
