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[M.151L] [M.151]
Nos 116, 117. St Marks Atrium door. Frari 151
Belfry door.
Door in St Marks. Opens from the extremity of atrium into north
transept. No 116. General view: The mosaic below is
I believe an addtion at the time of the leaf plinth
architrave. No 117. l. angel on the right hand side
as one looks at the door. Note the hair sympathizing with
the arabesque leaf roll. 2. Wing of angel with part
of leaf ornament. note the single plume ruffled by the
point of the leaf. 3. section of archivolt 4th one of
the leaves of No 2 on the right. better drawn, showing
the commencement of the incisions which leave the ribs.
the great stalk being (semi) cylindrical. 5 the leaf
border a in figs 2 and 3: 6. section of do. larger than in
No 3: In working the vineleaves of No 2 an incision is
made on each side of the rib, to the extremity of the leaf, and
branched to each lobe. All is worked down from the flat vide also next page.
Note The passage about Gothic in Maffei’s Verona is not far from
Gothic the beginning of the eleventh book. As Maffei denies that
even the Lombards did anything, it is worth consulting.
That German artists worked in after times there is of course
no question.
No 118. (B) Belfry door opening out of the left hand - North? - aisle of the
Frari down some steps, at A the archivolt: the other
sections a b c d , at a2 b2 c2 d2.
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