Okey, Thomas, 1852-1935 · London, J. M. Dent ; New York, E. P. Dutton · leaf 369
stialinfluences, the months and seasons, famous lawgivers—^alltreated with the naivete and didactic purpose so characteristicof Gothic artists. Most of the carvings bear inscriptionswhich make the interpretation of the subjects comparativelyeasy. The artists, however, who wrought the fifteenth- 1… … PONTE DEI SOSPIRI. THE DUCAL PALACE 245 century capitals on the W. fagade seem to have beenlacking in invention, for of the thirteen columns southwardsfrom the Porta della Carta, six are copied from thosewrought by the fourteenth-century masons on the S.fagade. The gallery above is beyond…
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