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San Fermo Maggiore Verona. There are ogees inserted into the four arches on each side of the upper part of the West Door, decorated with a rich dogtooth (or nailhead) pattern above. On the arches of San Fermo Maggiore in Verona see Works, 9.169 and the illustration facing Works, 9.168, Works, 10.303 and the reference there to Plate XVII facing Works, 10.302.
Ruskin visited Verona on his journey to Venice with comments on the Scala monument dated November 6th. He visited again on his return journey, with one entry for 11th March. There are comments on the early Gothic arcade of the north side of San Fermo at Notebook M2 p.121. This was clearly written after Bit Book p.63L. On the arches of the West Front see Bit Book p.22L.
There are observations of a banded pointed door there at Bit Book p.58L.
At Bit Book p.64L Ruskin makes his familiar contrast between Byzantine style and the life and energy of Gothic.
Works, 9.169 and the illustration facing Works, 9.168, Works, 10.303 and the reference there to Plate XVII facing Works, 10.302.
The Handbook by Murray available in 1853 describes San Fermo Maggiore Verona: ‘Its foundation may be traced as far back as 751. The crypt appears to have been built in 1065...The church is of brick with a good deal of ornament, and the rows of little arches are some of them trefoil-headed... The interior is a fine and bold Gothic, built between 1313 and 1332.’ See: Murray (1853) p.264.
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