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The stones of Venice (1851)

Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 · Boston : Estes and Lauriat Publishers · leaf 176

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hitectuie,the interstices between the brackets being tilled up, when onedoes not want to throw boihng lead on any body below, andthe piojection being always. deUghtful, as giving greater com-mand and view of the building, from its angles, to those walk-ing on the rampart. And as, in military… … Fig. XXXVIII. 164: TIIL i.C^.A-S OF VENICE. *r at the angle, or a more bold projection of balcony, to givelarger prospect to those upon the rampart. This cornice,perfect in all its parts, as arranged for ecclesiastical architec-ture, and exquisitely decorated, is the one employed in theduomo of…

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