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[NB.64L]                                                              [NB.64]								64
                                                                      
						Continued                                                       		Vicenza
						     from page 59.                                              				   det
                                                                      	between two lo very tall windows
                                                                      
                                                                      with lighter pil heads on the side of a
                                                                      house near the [river?] - are a remarkably
                                                                      [effective ?] group - another noble house
                                                                        in a street branching off the main one
                                                                      towards the north: the next street west
                                                                      of Sta Corona, has its Gothic windows
                                                                      broken in upon old pure Lombard
                                                                      brickwork - of which I drew a fragment
                                                                      in 46. and of which the door or gate with
                                                                      [diagram]         chain pattern - round
                                                                      		just like some at Venice
                                                                      		is still left - harmonizing
                                                                      		very perfectly with the Gothic.
                                                                           The memorandum at p 59 shows
                                                                      the peculiar bouquet like crockets quite
                                                                      different from any in Venice: but
                                                                          coming well into the luxuriant manner
                                                                       of the rest: and between all the
                                                                          windows - instead of plain marble
                                                                        tondi, are luxuriant renaissance
                                                                      roses. usually within cables - much
                                                                      like our common roof roses: and
                                                                         very florid & well cut:

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