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25 16
MONZA DUOMO
equally deep, but much more simple: one of their
Traceries with relative depth of moulding outside at
p 40 1 N fig 1 The pe[a]netrations are about the right
size, and the tracery should be so adjusted as to be of
equal breadth: the design is not a bad one: remarkable
chiefly for the pesistance of the round arch, and for the
throwing up of the lateral foils of the 4 foil a in or-
der to make its upper and under foils equal: the
effect of the tracery is howver a good deal spoiled by
its bad and singular rib section b; the cusps separate
clumsily by the widening of the cavetti and are of the
same section, as seen in dotted line; it affects also
the lateral shaft, c though the central ones are cylin-
drical, another curious point about these windows is
that the stipes of serpentine with which the whole façade
is barred horizontally slope down to the outside of its
moulding in voussoirs fig 2 p 41 1.
The cornice running up each side of the broad gable
pediment isvery beautiful, though quaint, and the eye
does not enough feel the bracket support of its
columns, p 40, and profile 50 1 fig 2 N. The quatrefoil
squares with rhomboid between are not adjusted to the
niches below; but come in all manner of places;
rather more than two squares to each arch: their 4 foil
remarkable for its narrow and broad leaves, p 40 1 fig 3
Shadows taken at one in the afternoon to-day.
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[Version 0.05: May 2008]