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22 13
MILAN ST AMBROZIO
Certainly not wider than at 1 on last page: the conse
quence is that it has been crushed nearly flat at the
top and is almost in a dangerous condition. The Lombardo
were evidently incautious in narrowing the voussoirs
of their round arches: thus in the interior of
this church pointed arches have been built, later
under the round sub-arches of the nave to support them
These narrow voussoirs are however very sublime in
their sweep although however these shafts have some
work to do: those of the outer gate of the atrium
p 33 1 are like the rest of the arcade, if anything,
a little thicker than the moulding above which is of
the same section: The bold capital in consequence
fig 1 stands clear out from the roll above: its
projection being entirely unseless; an ungraceful
arrangement, yet far better than a mere banding of
the shafts, or continuous import. The placing of t
this capital is very curious, c2 d2 (fig 2) being ata
much steeper angle with d e, than c2c. The measures
of the door jambs a e are a b, 5¾ in, bc 5¼ in, cd ( round)
1 ft 2¼ in d e 1 ft abc (depth of recess, 1 ft 1½ in
The roll c d and faces a b and d e are superbly
carved above the capital; but the shafts
and those of the whole church, are plain: (a b c[v] of
granite, and c d of white marble) except that a cross
and three animals are carved on each side of cornice
shaft on the pilaster on the right of main arch of
second story.
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[Version 0.05: May 2008]