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[M.115L]                                                              [M.115]
                                                                      99, 100	Udine Ducal palace Centre St Apollinare	115
                                                                      
                                                                      		and of the balcony in Nos 100, 101
                                                                      		Palazzo imperiale a Mantua.  Lombard capitals pure
                                                                      		with Lombard base & leaves like Venice - but pointed
                                                                      		arches
                                                                      		Palazzo della Citta at Udine - 4th windows: arcade
[diagram]                                                             		below of pointed arches pure with coloured voussoirs -
                                                                      		dentil outside [diagram] and capitals of rich foliage
                                                                      No 101  (At page 99 is described this balcony with the exception
                                                                      		of the lower plinth of white marble, whose sections
                                                                      		are now given figs 1 2 (1, real size, enlarge fig 2 to fit it)
                                                                      		and of the three sided pilaster which in front, occupies
                                                                      		the space a d of fig 3 No 100.  a d is perfectly flat
                                                                      		inside, and outside alike, a solid plain block and the outside
                                                                      		pilaster is fitted to it, as seen in fig 3, No 101 so that two
                                                                      		joints meet at the internal angle. Fig 3 gives section of pilaster
                                                                      Campanile	and elevation of  the small arches of its compartments, which
                                                                      l		have been traced by the insertion of grey marble with the recess
Portal (ancient) of church of St Apollinare, this portal is           		so as to form a smooth surface across the dotted line.  The
now destroyed and replaced by a renaissance one: This church          		pilaster itself is red and the plinths and cornice go round
is near the Rialto has a rich cross on its facade of                  		it in white marble unchanged.
very ancient work, and its campanile has an octagon crown             	LINE
with Byzantine bird mouldings profusely used in its elevation         	Note & condemn the use of Byzantine work too bright-looking
and upright oblongs built in i of birds and beasts:  but the whole    Byzantine	like common plaster ornaments, vid opp.
has a bad and tawdry effect being too far off for the workman         Work		The Venetian contraction of St Apollinare is St Aponal
ship to be discerned.

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