[M.61L] [M.61] Questions 61 Note: a pure English excavated dogtooth, round an arch Questions to be worked out. close to San Giov & Paul, in abbey over bridge, and a curious 1. Dentil and dog tooth: When the Venetian dentil first double dentiled cornice on a palace between Jesuiti and appears? How it is developed from the old [diagram] Madonna dell’ Orto must be studied. : When the dog tooth plain first appears, & where: Its placing upon capitals, and arches, and around niches - q. first on balconies? Note the brackets on niched door at p 59 l. 2nd.Crockets: If confined altogether to ecclesiastical work: ? They occur always on the ogees plumily; find when first - & trace development to San Stefano and St Marks. 3rd. Parapets: Their curves and foliations - as were Fondaco di Tedeschi - on quay de' Schiavoni, &c. associate this question with the wrong forms of church ends peculiar to Venice. 4th. Capitals: Their simplification from Byzantine into Lombard: The first appearance of the Rose pattern? The first from the sharp, up leaf of my Second order, to the Down, lambent leaf? The first Crumpling of this down leaf into round ends; preparatory to last styles. 5th. Wells: Lombard & Crumple leaved. 5
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