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219 178
BYZANTINE HOUSES NEAR FOSCARI
It diminished slightly from its junction, without losing
its general form until the joint seen two feet and a
half about above the green leaves in No 125. Then
from two pieces of stone it of course becomes one; the
lower triangle incisions between the leaves (at this
extremities are massed - one triangular opening takes
the place of the central foil and the ornamentbecomes a
mean succession of arched frescoes, fig 2. p 74 1 which
diminish gradually the angle of slope becoming steeper
as the centre of the moulding is always kept out to
same level while its breadth narrower; the dentils narrow
ing to a quarter of an inch but retained to the bottom,
until the final apperance and section)real size, are figs
3 & 4 p 74.
1 and more neatly fig 3 p 74 and section h4 k2 p 74
The dentils are worked down from surface but come altogethe
below it from mere careless chiselling.
There is a beautiful richness and piquancy about these
ornament rude as it is, from its neat and delicate dentil
and sharp projection.
The medallion above are all up and down1 as drawn on
No 124, I cannot tell if in brick or red mable rolls;
but I think the latter, 1 is roughly drawn on No 125,
2 more carefully, fig 2 No 124. 3 fig 1 p 45 1 Houses
2. 4 is nearly defaced, 5 fig 2 p 36 1 &c while on p
56 fig 3 is an accurate profile laterally of bases on long
plinths
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