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The reference is to Sansovino (1663) p.387, where Sansovino explains the greatness of the four outstanding buildings of Venice in terms of a combination of ‘artificio di pietre vive’, of the ‘magistero’ derived from Vitruvius,and of the expenditure by their patrons of ‘oltre a 200 mila ducati’ - ‘cioč il Loredano a San Marcuola [i.e. Vendramin Calergi], il Grimani a San Luca, il Delfino a San Salvadore, & il Cornaro a San Mauritio’.
See Howard (2002) p.183 and following.
Compare Sansovino’s comment on the Lege Daula,cited by Ruskin at Notebook M p.110.
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