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mr. barry's remarks. 41
these windows are decorated with a pointed arch, cusped; above which, is a pedi-
ment Perforated with a quarterfoil, and in various places are shields bearing three
swords, &c. The whole of this building is constructed of marble or granite, with
e exception of the domes; and a particular feature observable is that regular
c°uises of bluish marble are repeated at equal distances.
tu *n ^e *nterior, on the piers of the lower story, are inscriptions stating that
fr^ bUlldinS was ei'ected by Dioti Salvi, in 1153; and on the wall, three feet
rorn the floor of the inner gallery, over the aile, is the following inscription,
^ut »n the character of the middle ages; ' A.D. 1278, edificata fuit de novo.'
ere the masonry of the wall differs, and the mouldings of the interior precisely
^respond with those of the Campo-Santo, known to have been executed under
e direction of John of Pisa, in 1278, as a long inscription bears witness,
wh ^e S*"6^s which are on the windows of the dome bear the arms of a person
a ° *'es buried in the Baptistery, under a flat stone, on which is cut a pointed
> cusped, resting on columns, with pinnacles, crockets, &c. within; a figure
rath11 ^ a Ca^ an(^ &own' anc* hands crossed, with an inscription
dat mut^ated, to the memory of the ' operarius,' or architect, which bears the
01 M.CCCLXXXXVI. To this person therefore may be attributed all the
m the Pointed style; together with the domes which were constructed, pro-
Flo ^ ^e^0re ^e time of Brunaleschi, who was employed upon similar works at
tjJe a^°e'' ^n spite of the opinions of Mr. Smirke and Mr. Gunns correspondent,
Went ^ ev^ence seems fully to justify and support Sir Henry Englefield's argu-
PoinTd* ^arr¥' *n " a Letter addressed to Edmund Burke," reprobates the
the arch3^0^60^6 aS vu^ar anc^ Gothic, and says, " It is nothing more than
to which e°tUre °^ the old Greeks and Romans in the state of final corruption,
Augustu Xt ba<^ ^'en-' 35 After tracing the decay of the art, from the time of
Constant^ ^° °^ Constantine, he says, " the number of new buildings at
co . lnoPle must have furnished an ample field for the improvements of all
at i . l0n °f architecture." After such strange language we are not surprised
of th Spealan£ of the church and palace of St. Mark, at Venice, as examples
e depraved state of architecture, and styling the latter, " a great repository
01 corruptions."
35 Works, 1809, 4to. v. i. p. 125.
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these windows are decorated with a pointed arch, cusped; above which, is a pedi-
ment Perforated with a quarterfoil, and in various places are shields bearing three
swords, &c. The whole of this building is constructed of marble or granite, with
e exception of the domes; and a particular feature observable is that regular
c°uises of bluish marble are repeated at equal distances.
tu *n ^e *nterior, on the piers of the lower story, are inscriptions stating that
fr^ bUlldinS was ei'ected by Dioti Salvi, in 1153; and on the wall, three feet
rorn the floor of the inner gallery, over the aile, is the following inscription,
^ut »n the character of the middle ages; ' A.D. 1278, edificata fuit de novo.'
ere the masonry of the wall differs, and the mouldings of the interior precisely
^respond with those of the Campo-Santo, known to have been executed under
e direction of John of Pisa, in 1278, as a long inscription bears witness,
wh ^e S*"6^s which are on the windows of the dome bear the arms of a person
a ° *'es buried in the Baptistery, under a flat stone, on which is cut a pointed
> cusped, resting on columns, with pinnacles, crockets, &c. within; a figure
rath11 ^ a Ca^ an(^ &own' anc* hands crossed, with an inscription
dat mut^ated, to the memory of the ' operarius,' or architect, which bears the
01 M.CCCLXXXXVI. To this person therefore may be attributed all the
m the Pointed style; together with the domes which were constructed, pro-
Flo ^ ^e^0re ^e time of Brunaleschi, who was employed upon similar works at
tjJe a^°e'' ^n spite of the opinions of Mr. Smirke and Mr. Gunns correspondent,
Went ^ ev^ence seems fully to justify and support Sir Henry Englefield's argu-
PoinTd* ^arr¥' *n " a Letter addressed to Edmund Burke," reprobates the
the arch3^0^60^6 aS vu^ar anc^ Gothic, and says, " It is nothing more than
to which e°tUre °^ the old Greeks and Romans in the state of final corruption,
Augustu Xt ba<^ ^'en-' 35 After tracing the decay of the art, from the time of
Constant^ ^° °^ Constantine, he says, " the number of new buildings at
co . lnoPle must have furnished an ample field for the improvements of all
at i . l0n °f architecture." After such strange language we are not surprised
of th Spealan£ of the church and palace of St. Mark, at Venice, as examples
e depraved state of architecture, and styling the latter, " a great repository
01 corruptions."
35 Works, 1809, 4to. v. i. p. 125.
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