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The stones of Venice (1890)

Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 · Boston : Aldine Book Publishing Co. · leaf 218

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he idea of aplain gabled cornice, of which aperfect example will be foundin Plate VII. of the folio series.With this first complete formwe may associate the rude,single, projecting, pent-houseroof; imperfect, because eitherit must be level and the waterlodge lazily upon it, or throwoff the drip… … Fig. XLVIII.

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