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CA D’ORO TRACERIES FIRST STORY
large and set upright, and the distortion of the lateral
fronted 4 foils I never saw the like of. The great
trefoil below ought to by symmetrical on both sides to
the points p p: but the continuationmof its slope into
the pendant gives it a strange effect. The main point of
interest however is the straight bar into which the curves
of this angle are produced above on both sides; and
the extraordinary loop which melts into the circle: At
the intersections the slopes of the lines are continuous
and all is done with the great central of the moulding:
the other members of course taking their place as they
can: I have not yet gound in Venice this mixture of
straight and curved. The heightof all the three windows
from the important point r4 to the ground is about 13 ft 5:
the alterations in the flowing prevent accurate measure-
ment: but I apprehend this No 18 window, to be an inch or
so lower than the two others: and it is certainly 1½ inch
wider between its pilasters: the two others measure 4 " 9
this 4 " 10½ Returning to no 17 E is the right hand, look-
ing[f] out and F. the left hand, or Rialto side of the latera
Rialto window - carried to the side angle of the house
through the pilaster jamb on each side: Their d[f]ifferences
are curious: The whole house seems to me a patch work and
partly restored very lately
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