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[M.60L]                                                               [M.60]	Calle dei Giardini. San P. del Castello.	60
[diagrams]                                                            
                                                                      Foliation.	(It may be useful to note a little Madonna in a corner
Most remarkable example of Lombard work in pointed ruin close         		near the church of San Pietro del Castello, under an arch
to Madonna dell ‘Orto.                                                		foliated as opposite, (1))
                                                                      		A little beyond the gardens at the Fondamenta St Anna,
                                                                      		there are four low windows, of section & curve D Da
                                                                      		with three circles between:  that on the left six bricks
                                                                      		about a rose very rich - on it two busts, in centre, a flat
                                                                      	A	sun, about I H S like something in London, evidently later
                                                                      		work:  (Gutter above dogtoothed and bracketed with bracket
                                                                      		D.c.) and capitals as 2 opposite.
                                                                      Lombard arch. Just beyond this house, on same side, at Ponte St
                                                                      		Gioachino is a Lombard brick arch: as opposite.  To
                                                                      		construct it, make a b = 1 ft " 2 in: from b: to
                                                                      		opposite side, same point. 5 " 7 strike semicircle on the
                                                                      		base 5 " 7 and the outer on base 7 " 11:  then divide
                                                                      		in the proportion marked, and of the voussoir bricks, x let
                                                                      		there be 66 round the arch:  and of bent bricks y 22 and
                                                                      		about three diamonds to each, or one to each voussoir
                                                                      		Section at a2 b2 Either it has been restored, or has had
                                                                      		plain stone jambs.



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