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Notebook M p.145, 146 ‘The next is a large house lately restored especially the lower story, just opposit the Ca d ‘Oro. It has two stories above the water story: the lower, or first floor 6 at 6th, 4 det 6th with same section and capitals as upper story The upper story is finestrata of 6 windows with 4 and 21/2 4 foils The moulding is just between that of the Giustiniani and of No 89 being niched so deep in cavetto as the latter nor so shallow as former. I have thus three distinct examples of graduation: and the cusp also in its backin, intermediate between the two others. The shafts and capitals are both of beautiful white marble Note how different they look when they are so, from those of Istrian stone. The mouldings above however & bases are of Istrian stone - rough chiselled like late Doge’s palace. The bases are the same as Giustiniani No 90 only their cavetto not so flat. The section of capital at p 57 Gothic book fig 1 Its abacus more Greek and fine in line than usual: The florid work pure Bon, effectively cut, as seen from below but very poor when seen close. This I may note as a general character of the late Florid capitals. They are as ill cut as the worst Byzantine though on a more artistical type - far inferior - far less Greek’
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