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 450
ome respects,one of the very best works of the sort that I had ever seen. An inscription carved under a banner on a square stone,in the front, records the commencement of the work in1281, and I think we may assume that no part of it is ofmuch later date than this. It consists, as do most of… … 57. mhRZZO PUBLICO. VlRCKfiZfi. p. 308 Chap. XI.] THE PALAZZO PUBLICO. 309 above this. The facade is very dignified in effect. On theground level are five lofty arches, very slightly moulded, andresting on square piers just rounded at the corners. Thematerial of this stage is marble, mainly white,…
