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The stones of Venice (1851)

Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 · London, Smith, Elder, and co. · leaf 259

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concave curve for its abacus. This peculiar abacus is an unfailingtest of early date; and our finding this simple profile used for the DucalPalace (/), is strongly confirmatory of all our former conclusions. Then the next row, 2, are the Byzantine and early Gothic semi-convexcurves, in their pure… … X - X :■:. w j --- ! J V !i iv. ARcmvoLTS. 10. FINAL APPENDIX. 237 ami k; and as these two profiles are from the Ducal Palace and Piazzettashafts, they join again with the rest of the evidence of their early date.The profiles i and k are both most beautiful; i is that of the greatcapitals of the…

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