. Brick and marble in the middle ages: notes of tours in the north of Italy . 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 jam
. Brick and marble in the middle ages: notes of tours in the north of Italy . 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 SAN FKANCESCO—liRKSCIA. Of the churches of Brescia there seem to be but few ofany interest; that of San Francesco, of whose west front 1give a sketch, is the best, and, though not of uncommondesign, is worth notice ; the mixture of white and black
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