[M2.45L] [M2.45] 45 mass of capitals belonging to the former period; and q 16 0 0 (25 to 27) of the recent restoration. 15 0 0 But I was excessively puzzled by the gradual improvement 14 0 0 in work shown in my notes from the 28th to the 35th wherein 13 0 0 one finds oneself unquestionably in finer time, - nor 12 0 0 0 0 less puzzled - because these bad capitals come under the 11 0 noble lion headed tracery windows, where we have the finest. 10 0 Now these bad capitals appear to me restorations of the time 9 0 of the upper arcade inside: q is that arcade of the time 8 0 ,of the upper windows towards canal? Again: from the 7 0 28th capital to the 11th, going round on piazzetta side, 6 0 we have a remarkably picturesque group, full of quaintness 5 0 and vigour; all its leaves ribbed and severe. 4 0 The 12th is of the time of inner arcade: 3 0 The 13th 14th and 15th I think same time - the clumsy time 2 0 The 16th Begins the work of the Bons and all henceforward 0 is different. Now the 16th carries the wall which separates M. Lorenzi’s room from the sala di Scrutinio as the 12th carries mainpalacesaloon wall: This 12th is the one with the pilaster; and I cannot at all make out
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