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Houses in Campo St Polo. No 173 174. MERCERIA HOUSES IN ST M FORMOSA
The house described on last page 1 is the one nearest Houses in Merceria San Julian. Two narrow ones side by
grant canal on to the right, as one faces them of the two side: facing Merceria: The one to the left has on its
palaces in Campo St Polo: That on the left is far first and second floor, a pair of cut windows - of which
more interesting; It is to be classed with Pal. Priuli oneis drawn at p 17 bit book having a shaft capital with
It has the cusp cut open; and the very fine pure two real full blown roses: unique in finishing it, use the
early transition capitals all with flower plinth abaci, Pisani spiral and keep edge of pendent fillets bright
and the smallest possible dog tooth above side leaf rolls, Observe the shaft capital is deeper than the pil head -
in fact the whole system of decoration as rich as possi- fig 2 p 18 Make the shaft once and a half the height
ble, vid fig[f] 1 p 81 bit book. The windows are 5th of the arch. The rose capital is in the lower story only
with c3 section, and the cusp cut as on p 9 bit book; the upper pair have the usual florid form: Other dentils,
and they have, for circular decorations, late, perhaps as well as o[i]f upper story, pp 17, 18 bit book
14th century carvings on the Byzantine forms and The house on the right has both on its first and second
types: surrounded some by small flower plinths within story two deb 4th On the second story of the grand profile
bold dentils; and and some by the early single dentil and section - superbly bold. figs 1 and 2 p 19 bit book
within the Venetian. The capital beautifully pure - the angle leaf ridged as it
The shaft bars are plain raised leaves. turns; and the e ch. with an exactly similar little head
Doors: Add to my list - one in Campo St Maria Formosa very of its own, fig 3.
fine and early: with gabled dentil in mouldings; shield The twoon the lower story are of same kind but far less
set a[w]side under finial - very quaintly - and the latter bold and then ch. is plain beaded, neither cabled nor
formed of a pin bearded head. The type of arch the capitaled The upper window is of a form rare in Venice;
rare one at side This house is at present 1850 the the contracted ogee - but is constant in Verona. The
French consulate. house has a shield upon it which looks cinque cento
the this bearing a wheel
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