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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 53

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very good; the pinnacles on the gablebeing unusual in saddle-backed steeples, and givingconsiderable picturesqueness of outline. The accom-panying woodcut will show the general character ofthe design, and it will be seen that the tower is on thenorth side of the choir. The steeple roof is… … Church on the Lake of Zurich. a most zigzag path of their journey, first calling onone side and then on the other, until one doubtswhether one will ever reach ones destination. AtHorgen of course we discharged a large proportion ofour English passengers, who were all bound for theKigi, but their…

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