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The stones of Venice (1851)

Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 · New York: John Wiley · leaf 220

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arch head; so you run them all into it (as at B, Fig. XLYI.):and this last arrangement will be useful in two ways, for it willnot only expose both the bars and the archivolt to an apparentprobability of every species of dislocation at any moment, butit will provide you with two pleasing interstices…

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