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179		back of 144                                                      180		145
                                                                      
		  To the palaces described opposite now add                                HOUSE NEAR TEATRO MALIBRAN  CA GUISTINIANI
one called Cavalli, next to the Post Office -                         		windows daguerreotyped  Of these, the tracery real
daged long ago:  and now detailed on No                               size is at p 58 Housd book 2 ;  joining a to a
155  it has one superb finistrato on the                              and b c being the base of the cusp.  I put the book
first floor and another window at the side                            against the stone, and marked off the depths but I
of the det Foscari Pattern:  It is on the whole                       must have been a little ddceived in that of the line a
the finest example of the 4 foiled piece                              a2 for the smaller roll was not quite so large as that
palace in Venice, and remarkable for the                              would necessitate  The inner lines are certainly nearer
excessive narrowness of its cusp:  (in depth)                         the truth.
for the return of the cavette in its                                  Then on the next page 59 1 are given the outline of cusp
tracery, common to this and the Ca Foscari                            accurately;  showing stone left at its extremities;
and for the magnificent breadth of its                                and herein note another thing - whether - when there is the
flower band on the shafts.                                            recess to the cusp, and moulding d e in figure here
The la Foscari traceries are given at                                 last page, there be not also the filletleft x y, (p 59 1)
 p 43, 44 French book, they are I think of same                       while when a h is used, no fillet is left.
time as these, and later than                                         The capitals in this house are pure florid Bon: only the
Doge’s palace:  Vide note and at                                      lower leaves are set, as well as the upper, with incision
p 144 Fa Book.  They Foscari capitals are                             outwards at bottom and rib at top.  The bases are
more undercut than these, and                                         restored  The next house of importance in this series
I have not the least dount are 1440- 1460.                            is the Ca Guistiniani described at p 56 Gothic book.
                                                                      which gives the intermediate form of moulding.
                                                                      House opposite     The next is a large house lately restored, especially
                                                                      the lower story, just opposite the Ca d’Oro.
                                                                      It has two stories above the water stor :  the lower,
                                                                      or first floor 6 at 6th, 4 det; 6th with same capitals
                                                                      as upper story.

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