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                                                                      			TORCELLO
                                                                      
                                                                      	p 19;  that the former always lie east a[t]nd west, the
                                                                      latter are indifferent.  Note in Torcello.
                                                                      Campaniles:  Note, use of bells introduced from Greece, p 22
                                                                      and Lombard style, complied from Roman and Byzantine!
	 and Salvatico is of same opinion, p 13, and I think him             same place.
justified by the Latin:  compare also sentence at p 14                Note of Gully Knight p 25.
Psalm 9. 6. would be a good matter of chap on Torcello.                        He gives Torcello as a basilica rebuilt in its primitive form
                                                                      in the beginning of eleventh century
                                                                      - Note the sheep, and lamb, on side of St Marks;  p 43
                                                                      Lord L. given as Romanesque.
	             Vid Salvatico p 11 important.                                      The Altimat Chronicle published by Vieusieux at Florence,
                                                                      p 11 Salvatico, gives account of founding of Torcello
                                                                      (Compare other book p 79  Torciellum 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 Ambrozio.                            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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