. Brick and marble in the middle ages: notes of tours in the north of Italy . DOOKV W—BROLFTTO BRl-sCIA. BRICK COHNICK—, HRESCIA. is of the common arcadod kind) is most beantiful and valu- 72 BRESCIA. [Chap. V. able. The brickwork is so good and characteristic that Ihave given several sketches of it. All the arches have occa-sional vonssoirs of stone, and the centre of the arch is alwaysmarked by a key-stone, and these are sometimes slightlycarved to distinguish them from the other stone abaci are of brick, moulded and very varied. Thedoorway given in the woodcut on the
. Brick and marble in the middle ages: notes of tours in the north of Italy . DOOKV W—BROLFTTO BRl-sCIA. BRICK COHNICK—, HRESCIA. is of the common arcadod kind) is most beantiful and valu- 72 BRESCIA. [Chap. V. able. The brickwork is so good and characteristic that Ihave given several sketches of it. All the arches have occa-sional vonssoirs of stone, and the centre of the arch is alwaysmarked by a key-stone, and these are sometimes slightlycarved to distinguish them from the other stone abaci are of brick, moulded and very varied. Thedoorway given in the woodcut on the preceding page hasstone jambs, caps and bases, lintel and outer arch, the labeland cusps being of terra-cotta ; above this the whole of thisportion of the front is of brick, and very admirably built.
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