Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 · Boston : Aldine Book Publishing Co. · leaf 92
, deep or shallow,forms a separate family, essentially connected with roofs andgalleries ; for if there be no superincumbent weight, it isevidently absurd to put brackets to a plain cornice or drip-stone (though this is sometimes done in carrying out a style);so that, as soon as we see a bracket… … Vin., is from a noblefragment at Milan,in the Piazza dei Mer-canti; b, from theBroletto of Como.Compare them with
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