Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 · New York: John Wiley · leaf 377
carry an oblong massof brickwork, dividing one of the upper lights of a Lombardcampanile at Milan. The awkward stretching of the brickwork,to do what the capital ought to have done, is very remarkable.There is here no second superimposed abacus. § xxxii. The figure on the right hand, at the top,… … EusJja Ack .im an ItA1 tf) Bio adw aylJ i CJapitat/. CONCAVE LlRoliP. DECORATION. XXVII. THE CORNICE AND CAPITAL. 327 to a single shaft, it has two of smaller area (compare Chap. YIII.§ xiii.) and all the expansion necessary is now gracefully attainedby their united capitals, hewn out of one stone.…
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