inary work; and there is no instance, I believe, in Venice,of their having used any of them for a dwelling-house in thetruly Byzantine period. But so soon as the Gothic influencebegan to be felt, and the pointed arch forced itself upon them,their first concession to its attack was the adoption, in… … § xxvn. The woodcut above, Fig. XXVI., represents the doorand two of the lateral windows of a house in the Corte delRemer, facing the Grand Canal, in the parish of the Apostoli. Itis remarkable as having its great entrance on the first floor,attained by a bold flight of steps, sustained on pure…
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