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                                                                      			TORCELLO
                                                                      
                                                                      		p 20 19;  that the former always lie east and west, the
                                                                      		latter are indifferent.  Note in Torcello.
                                                                      Campaniles:  Note, use of bells introduced from Greece, p 22
                                                                      		and Lombard style, compiled from Roman and Byzantine!
                                                                      		same place.
and Selvatico is of same opinion, p 13, and I think him               		Note of Gally Knight p 25.
justified by the Latin:  compare also sentence at p 14                	He gives Torcello as a work basilica rebuilt in its primitive form
Psalm 9. 6. would be a good matter of chap on Torcello.               		in the beginning of eleventh century
                                                                      	- Note the sheep, and lamb, on side of St Marks;  p 43
                                                                      		Lord L. gives as Romanesque.
                                                                      	The Altinat Chronicle published by Vieusseux at Florence,
			Vid Selvatico p 11 important.                                      		p 11 Selvatico, gives account of founding of Torcello
                                                                      		 (Compare other book p 79  Toricellum in 641:  Now
                                                                      		this founding was in escaping from the Lombards:  and any
                                                                      		vestiges of 7th century at Torcello would therefore
Nevertheless his winding up (Selvatico) is satisfactory;              		have nothing Lombardic in them.
and I think I may hold to it;  that the church is in most             		I must get this chronicle
points, the same as it was built in 641;  and I may assume            		Note the quantity of light, and the circles in floor.
most of its carvings to be even of earlier date:  It is               		p 12 Selvatico.
therefore to be compared with St Ambrogio.                            		But when we come to the ornaments, all is at sea;  vid
                                                                      		lions said to be Greek p 17   Note Genii among vine
                                                                      		branches:  Lord L. p 52.

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