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[HB2.30L]                                                             [HB2.30]							30
                                                                      
[No 73 continued]                                                     No 73 continued
                                                                      cylindrical shafts with an Ionic looking capital
        This house is usually called that of                            and ill cut small heads above. The
    Bensi Zecchini. Vid Cicogna. in                                   angle balconies have one cherubs another
		[diagram] A		church of                                              later renaissance leaves. all ill cut
				Madonna                                                           [?] in the central row of windows  it has
				dell Orto                                                         been as at A: . Foscari pattern. and all
                                                                      is Sq : it has had its cusps on outer side
[diagram] B		[diagram] C                                              slipped a little way from the dentil as
                                                                      shown in the blackened span of B. and another
[diagram] D	...d	joint                                                huge flattened brutal lions head .inconceivably
	Bensi                                                                vile. thrown in to fill up the space
Vid Bensi    Zecchini                                                   Masonry at C. The section
Cicogna in church of Madonna dell Orto                                is [diagram]		and the blunt
Done.                                                                 			4 foil cusp
                                                                      			is bluntly trefoiled
                                                                      			The roses. in the
                                                                      			upper triangle
                                                                      			are huge & ruder 4 leaved only to [?] [?]
                                                                      			ie. - the lions heads
                                                                      			below - much
                                                                      		smaller than the roses
                                                                      		  and utterly cramped
                                                                      		     & vile
                                                                      The capitals are an early florid Kp. not
                                                                      bad - standing on Alabaster shafts as
                                                                      opp. D: the part of d. being plain
                                                                      Lateral pilasters Kp. florid and c c h.
                                                                      and perhaps showing the best leaf work
                                                                            in the house
                                                                      All is imitation. cheap & slovenly. and
                                                                      I cannot make it out.
                                                                      						Done

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