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The stones of Venice (1851)

Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 · Boston : Estes and Lauriat Publishers · leaf 138

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o propai-e plates re-quiring so much labor and care. I must, therefore, explainthe position of their parts in the simplest way in my power. The Fondaco de Turchi has sixteen arches in its sea story^and twenty-sis above them in its first story, the whole basedon a magnificent foundation, built of… … At this level, the elevation of one half of the building, fromits flank to the central pillars of its arcades, is rudely given inFig. rV^ It is only drawn to show the arrangempnt of theparts, as the sculptures which are indicated by the circles andupright oblongs between the arches are too delicate…

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