. Brick and marble in the middle ages: notes of tours in the north of Italy . for its balustrade a series of shafts with piers atintervals. Its detail in short is that of the balcony, butsloped up to suit the rise of the steps. Pointed arches ofbrick carry the steps. This house may well be visited byother than architectural pilgrims, and will be found near thePonte San Toma. A fine early lienaissauce staircase remainsin the Palazzo Minelli, near San Paterniano. This is circular,with continuous open arcades following the rise of the steps,the usual shafted balustrade filling the lower part of t
. Brick and marble in the middle ages: notes of tours in the north of Italy . for its balustrade a series of shafts with piers atintervals. Its detail in short is that of the balcony, butsloped up to suit the rise of the steps. Pointed arches ofbrick carry the steps. This house may well be visited byother than architectural pilgrims, and will be found near thePonte San Toma. A fine early lienaissauce staircase remainsin the Palazzo Minelli, near San Paterniano. This is circular,with continuous open arcades following the rise of the steps,the usual shafted balustrade filling the lower part of theopenings between the columns. The chimneys of thesepalaces are very singular. Not many old examples remain,but they are still copied, and that some of them are reallyold is proved by the extent to which they are shown in earlyVenetian paintings, as in the works of Gentile Belliniand Carpaccio. In my illustration the examples Figs. 2 and 3 The Knropa and 224 VENICE. [Chap. VII1. are copied from paintings, and Fig. 1 is from a palace nearthe Ponte
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