CONTENTS OF VOLUME IX

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONSxiii

INDEX TO THE ILLUSTRATIONSxv

INTRODUCTION TO THIS VOLUMExxi

BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTEliii

AUTHOR’S PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION (1851) 3

”””THIRD EDITION (1874) 11

”””TRAVELLERS’ EDITION (1879) 16

The Stones of Venice, Vol. I. (CONTAINING THE TEXT OF ALL THE EDITIONS)17

CHAP.

I.THE QUARRY17

II.THE VIRTUES OF ARCHITECTURE60

III.THE SIX DIVISIONS OF ARCHITECTURE74

IV.THE WALL BASE79

V.THE WALL VEIL85

VI.THE WALL CORNICE91

VII.THE PIER BASE99

VIII.THE SHAFT113

IX.THE CAPITAL135

X.THE ARCH LINE153

XI.THE ARCH MASONRY164

XII.THE ARCH LOAD178

XIII.THE ROOF182

XIV.THE ROOF CORNICE190

XV.THE BUTTRESS202

XVI.FORM OF APERTURE211

XVII.FILLING OF APERTURE221

XVIII.PROTECTION OF APERTURE234

XIX.SUPERIMPOSITION240

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