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                                                                      		                FRARI TOMBS
                                                                      		than the whole work of the St Joseph and the child, and
                                                                      the latter has been painted with a quaint stupid
		This tomb called of Arnold’s Teutonic in 1300 Silva p 145           pattern upon the bandage lines, like one of Tintoret’s.
No 121 is the capital supporting its canopy, a beautiful              Leaf plinths z  The St Joseph has had a pattern, but not quite so bar-
instance of the pure Byzantine transition leaf plinth - me            barous.
merely twisted round the capital with its leaves turning              		The work of these tombs makes me think of the police
over at the angles, sharply ribbed above deeply incised               house will not go much further back than 1280-1300,
below in the central lobe.                                            and the Doge palace tracery not later than 1350, for this,
                                                                      like the other tomb, has the same spiral sh[j]af[g]t, with
                                                                      round block filling, and asomewhat quaint spiral base.
                                                                      Fig 4 or something like it.  No 119.
                                                                      Neither of these tombs have crockets.  The Duomo one
                                                                      only has a flower finial  and that simple:  Its classical
                                                                      heads are a little like Noahs, one has the long asses ear,
                                                                      untouched and intended for a Faun:  if anything
                                                                      they are more flowing and classical than Noah.
                                                                      Tomb with equestrian statue in wood.  Eyes painted - all
		This sarcoph. the richest type with shelled angled;                 as like life as can be - rich three inched sarcophagus, wi
The leaf plinth luxuriant, double (under) lobed - yet                 with small figures well cut, full featured yet no Bonism
without roses.                                                         about  them more like judgement of Solomon.   Rich flow-
                                                                      ing leaf plinth, and spiral shafts, small of
                                                                      section - This is Paolo Savelli’s.
                                                                      	      Tomb in chapel most to the right of Bernardo family, very
                                                                      delicate and fanciful is the flow of its double leaf plinth
                                                                      without

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[Version 0.05: May 2008]