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‘Police House’ (S. Polo 1429b Nadali & Vianello (1999) Tav. 28). Palazzo Dona della Madonnetta. Known by Ruskin as the ‘Madonnetta House’, ‘The Little Madonna’ or as the ‘Police House’ the house of the Prefect of Police, cited by Ruskin in the Appendix at Works, 10.453ff as an example of Byzantine style. See House Book 1 pp.36L and 36 and the note there, and compare House Book 2 p.47L. There are references at Notebook M p.82; Notebook M p.83; Notebook M2 p.5L; Notebook M2 p.54 on the development of capitals; Notebook M2 p.97; and at Works, 11.277 on the leafage of the capitals.
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