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[M.138L] [M.138] Camp de' Miracoli. House at. Murano. Duomo 138
unusual in such wondrous capital: of pure early 5th in fir
second story: on very early R. shafts: all with flat
c3 sec. finally in first story, 4th with c on an excessively
quaint form of R. the rose a mere bud, not open: though
it is open above: and the leaves curled round but (I think
not filleted)
All the other figures on this p 33 G Book are of the beautiful
door of the house at the Miracoli. The finial given twice
bottom & top: the ½ dentil real size: General outline
fig 2 with masonry Jamb section fig 3 in which
a-b is just across the width of the book open and ½ an inch more.
fig 5 angle of cable. curious while in centre C it has
a leaf. The archivolt section is most carefully given
at fig 4 and its profile fig 6. I never saw such sharp
small dogteeth, three to each gabled dentil and the
gabled dentils so flat and outer one so huge: All cut
with the greatest precision, the larger dentil in red Verona
marble. The finial looks as if intended for a bracket
Duomo Murano p 51 Goth. book. A with b and c its sections
a moulding round the large basrelief of wreathed birds and flowers of
Aquileian or Byzantine work. built into the outside end of the aisle.
This moulding is all cut in a piece with it: and is remarkable
as an early form derived from the Greek dentil; so that I must not
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[Version 0.05: May 2008]