Moore, Charles Herbert, 1840-1930 · New York, London, The Macmillan Company · leaf 194
ke captiousness. But if thereader will consider the character of a Greek portal, with itsjamb mouldings and cornice, as reasonable and appropriate asthey are simple, of a true Gothic doorway with its consistentarch orders, but with no superfluous or unmeaning features, hecan hardly fail to feel the… … Fig. 91. — Portal of the Scuola di San Marco, Venice. and a narrow arched window, framed with pilasters and a gabledpediment in each upper lateral bay, while the lateral compart-ments of the ground story are adorned with remarkable carv- 158 ARCHITECTURE OF THE RENAISSANCE ino^s in very low relief…
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