CONSTRUCTION XI. THE ARCH MASONRY 177

part of the original construction, by a beautiful little Gothic wreathed pattern, like one of the hems of garments of Fra Angelico, running along the iron bar itself. So carefully, and so far, is the system of decoration carried out in this pure and lovely monument, my most beloved throughout all the length and breadth of Italy;-chief, as I think, among all the sepulchral marbles of a land of mourning.

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