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	One in St John and Paul over north transept door                     
with acute steel conopies and 5 foiled arches finely cut              		        TOMBS  NOTES FROM ZANOTTO
but very late transition Valueless.                                   
                                                                      	Maggior coveiglio which Zanotto conjectures may have
                                                                      been emtrusted to them.
                                                                      Pietro di Nicolo of Florence and Giovanni di Maritino
                                                                      of Fiesole were its scu,lptors, 1423;  it is St John and
                                                                      Paul and highly curious:  This doge was the one who paid
                                                                      fines to rebuild palace.
                                                                            107	Simon Dandolo and Loredano 1360 and 1370 about in the
	Crusodue figure with chain mail like Tintorets and                   Frari, hi hly interesting rose and leaf in development
trefoil ogeed on Sword - face very rude, and hard - Cable                    99.	The most graceful of all the Gothic monuments in
moulding with leaves in centre and angle same as Ducal                Zanotto’s work:  Crockets and finials in most interesting
Palace drafts - human faces hard  and staring, birds                  development without figures.  Comaro’s:  (Marco, the doge)
feathers (4 Evangelists e[d]laborately robed:  The definite           in St John and Paul.  Died 1367.
point its ogeed arches and cable.                                           97.	Jacopo Cavalli.  St John and Paul, died 1384.  Curious
                                                                      for flat Ogees and fine recumbant[e] fig.
                                                                            93.	Antonio Venies Doge, died 1400 in St John & Paul
	Observe that the true Pisan Crocket like a crosier,                        85.	Tomb of Agnese and and’Orsola, in St John and Paul bears
occurring on the Scala tombs, is never found in Venice.               date 1410 1411.
                                                                            78.	Duccio, with early crockets is 1336.
                                                                      	This tomb appears there to be the earliest in Venice of
                                                                      the Gothic type.  It ought to be worked out, and com
                                                                      pared with Zanotto’s barbarous design:  and observe in
                                                                      cloister of Frari, a curious little tomb with crockets
                                                                      stuck out of ear upon its gabled canopy;  as if dovetailed
                                                                      into it.

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