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The stones of Venice (1851)

Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 · London, Smith, Elder, and co. · leaf 301

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le subject into an exquisitelypicturesque composition, by the fortunate occurrence of fourquaint trefoiled windows in one of the houses on the right.Those trefoils are among the most ancient efforts of Gothic art in Venice. I have given a rude sketchof them in Fig. XXXIII. Theyare built entirely of… … VII. GOTHIC PALACES. 259 Fig. XXXIV.

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