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[HB2.6L]                                                              [HB2.6]							6
                                                                      
[House No 54]                                                           No 54		No 54.
The Valet calls it Casa Vitturi                                       		In Campo S. M. Formosa
                                                                      		Campo S Maria Formosa
		[diagram]                                                           			1st
                                                                      Lower story altered - 2nd  white washed & perhaps
the 4 det are same as a t                                             restored:  3 at  & 2 det of 2nd  order with a 2 sec and
but dentils longer same pils                                          C pils: very flat indeed: as opp.
each window has [?]                                                   2nd  story  4 at.  4 det with their lovely pure
[?] above its point                                                   Byzantine shafts
& a lovely cusp in section                                            For sect. vid palace book . p. 7.
                                                                      - I must return to this
                                                                      
                                                                      Mem. . The masks of the Palazzo
                                                                            Pesaro on grand canal. lower story
                                                                      are very fine in invention: and singularly
                                                                      picturesque. having had (glass?) eyes, a
                                                                      white pupil surrounded with black [ins?]
                                                                      like Orcagna demons. inserted into the
                                                                      hollow of the sculpture. The carved eye
                                                                      is in proportion to the head - the inserted
                                                                      one small and vivid and full of extraordinary
                                                                      expression
                                                                      
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