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Brick and marble in the Middle Ages: notes of a tour in the north of Italy (1855)

Street, George Edmund, 1824-1881 · London, J. Murray · leaf 104

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very remarkable, and, as not unfre-quently seen in good Italian work, slightly ogeed ; not,that is to say, regular ogee arches, but ordinary archeswith the slightest suggestion only of an ogee curve inthe centre. Of the external portion of the buildingthe west front is the most perfect, and must… … Detail of circular window — Brolctto, Brescia, ~^r^ ¥ 2 68 BRESCIA. Chap. V. belfry of rough, stone, and beyond that a wide build-ing with traces—but no more—of original windows throughout; northof the building withthe five windows isa very beautifulcomposition execut-ed almost entirelyin finely…

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