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[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 main 
                                                                      		palace saloon wall:
                                                                      		This 12th is the one with the pilaster;  and I cannot at
                                                                      		all make out

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