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The stones of Venice (1851)

Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 · Boston : Estes and Lauriat Publishers · leaf 352

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e in Plate XVII. representsan exquisitely finished example of the same type, from St.Zeno of Verona. Above, at 2, in Plate II., the plan of theshafts was given, but I inadvertently reversed their position:in comparing that plan with Plate XVII., Plate II. must beheld upside down. The capitals, with… … FiQ. LXV. but the pecuHarity of treatment of their truncation is highlyinteresting. Fig. LXV. represents the plans of the capitalsat the base, the shaded parts being the bells : the open line,the roll with its connecting band. The bell of the one, it willbe seen, is the exact reverse of that of the…

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