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[M.22L] [M.22]
No 4. Verona. Duomo 22
under the fine red marble base (a b c in fig 3) but, seen far
off they are harsh and mean in the angular vertical divisions of the two
red plinths. I forgot to note a most curious excrescential
Ball flowers ornament; the boss, like a long closed ball, or in some cases like
a pine apple, which is set up on the members of the vaulting: On
the pier arch there are 5: 3 are seen in fig 1: six on the
nave sub arches; four on the aisle sub-arches: and 10 on each
vaulting rib of both nave and aisle: (5 on each side) the crossing
of the ribs having shields - (Q .(contemporary) Nothing can possibly
be worse that the effect of those scattered dots, they look like
holes left for scaffolding.
The light is admitted only by small circular windows above each
pier arch: and at the ends of nave and aisles: Yesterday,
Sunday, they drew the curtains over these lights during the
preaching and made the church as dark as a cave: gleams of
lightning being caused by the lifting of the curtain at the entrance
Round arch No 4. Jamb of a most beautiful circular arch in a house
near Duomo. Alternate 5 bricks and white stone: 4 of the
brick voussoirs on each side, one white stone in centre: form double
dentils to each white or red voissoir. but note that the dentils
are cut into the brick: the surface of the wall being perfectly
level: as seen in section a. The arch is of brick: the supporting
abacus of paler red marble; the jamb of yellow marble. Its masonry
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