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[M.126L] [M.126] The Venetian Dogtooth 126
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form of the dentil resulted from the alternate chiselling
away of the edge of the slab of overlaid stone: The
Dogtooth - a form hardly less influential at Venice: and
far more extended in its use elsewhere: resulted from a
process still more simple: It is in the early examples
merely a hacked angle a opp. This ornament is constant
in timber architecture: as in the Swiss cottage: and it
is used variously on the timbers of modern boats at
Venice, in the form b.
In its first architectural form, I find it in the
most interesting windows at p 9 Gothic book, clerestory
lights rather, which are perched above the top of every
aisle window in St John and Paul: The sub arch
decoration I have only met with to-day, at the Frari and
here - 8th January. nor have I before met with
this form of the dogtooth: The stilting of the string
in the middle of the arch is curius - to be noted with
other rudenesses of the same kind: and observe here
also, the very simplest form of capital: the pilaster
with its ordinary moulding, mere twisted round and
flattened under the abacus.
It is altogether, rude base and all - a most precious
example of early work. The top of the nave pier arch with
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[Version 0.05: May 2008]