Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 · Boston : Aldine Book Publishing Co. · leaf 170
Fig. xxxiv. the system of decoration carried out in this pure and lovelymonument, my most beloved throughout all the length andbreadth of Italy ; — chief, as I think, among all the sepulchralmarbles of a land of mourning. THE ARCH LOAD. 149 CHAPTER XII. THE AKCH LOAD. … § i. In the preceding enquiry we have always supposedeither that the load upon the arch was perfectly loose, as ofgravel or sand, or that it was Mont-Cenisian, and formed onemass with the arch voussoirs, of more or less compactness. In practice, the state is usually something between the two.Over…
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