The Civil engineer and architect's journal, scientific and railway gazette (1839)
London : [William Laxton] · leaf 73
Verona, in which city the Porta cM Pallia is an instance of his wonderfulingenuity and taste. But his most admired works are his palaces atVerona; though, perhaps, that of the Grimani family at Venice is his mostmagnificent production. The general style of composition, very differentfrom that of… … Fig. 1. far; windows. The piers of the lower arcade are ornamented with Doric,columns, whose entablature is charged with triglyphs in its frieze, aimits metopa; are sculptured with various symbols. The impost of the piersare very finely profiled, so as to form the entablatures, when continued,…
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