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 389
ite set of childrenand teachers, who all apparently felt the most lively interest 270 CREMONA. [Chap. X. in my architectural pursuits. It was originally openbelow, but the arches on which it stood are now filled up.This upper stage is very simple and beautiful, and the wholeis finished at the top… … CHIMNEY AND BATTLEMENT—CREMONA. the battlement, which is, so far as I have seen, a uniqueexample of the ancient Italian contrivance for this verynecessary appendage.1 It is exceedingly good in its detail,and coeval with the rest of the work. There is a simplicityand truthfulness of construction…
