Dentiled sq. of house p 1 Housebook

‘Sq.’ is Ruskin’s regular abbreviation for the square (or rectangular) moulding, in this case made up of dentils (see Venetian dentil), enclosing a range of windows.

Ruskin does not distinguish here between Housebook 1 and Housebook 2.

House Book 1 p.1 reads:

In Campo St. M. Zobenigo opposite church

1. - As opposite, The frontal arch filled with plaster leaving only traceable the bit of section outside. The jamb chamfer. b b: [?] out of buds in dentiled square above

2 well worth drawing

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