. Dalmatia : the Quarnero and Istria with Cettigne in Montenegro and the Island of Grado. The great Campaxile of the duomo (PlateLVII) is undoubtedly the crowning glory of Ai^be,and it is a tower that may challenge comparisonwith any of its kind elsewhere. It stands aloneat a little distance from the cathedral, and onlya few paces from the edge of the cliff. The outlineis smiple and the proportions satisfactory, thescale is grand enough for dignity, and the archi- ^ Pallad. Fuscus, writing in 1540, mentions an accomplishedmathematician of this family, then resident at Arbe. He wasself-taught m
. Dalmatia : the Quarnero and Istria with Cettigne in Montenegro and the Island of Grado. The great Campaxile of the duomo (PlateLVII) is undoubtedly the crowning glory of Ai^be,and it is a tower that may challenge comparisonwith any of its kind elsewhere. It stands aloneat a little distance from the cathedral, and onlya few paces from the edge of the cliff. The outlineis smiple and the proportions satisfactory, thescale is grand enough for dignity, and the archi- ^ Pallad. Fuscus, writing in 1540, mentions an accomplishedmathematician of this family, then resident at Arbe. He wasself-taught moreover: Sed quum haec proderem, vivebat interArbenses Antonius Nimerius Mathematicarum artium peritissimus,quas perdidicerat, ut plerique affirmabant, nemine docente. Arbe pioLte Ch. XXYIII.] Arbc: the Campanile. 211 tectural features are judiciously disposed, giaduallyincreasing in importance and richness towards thetop. The walls at the bottom are five feet twoinches thick, the tower is twenty feet square atthe base, and the height exclusive of spue and parapetis about ninety feet. It is built of white Istrianstone dug probably in the island, where is alsofound a reddish breccia resembling that of Vegliabut more delicate in colouring, which is much usedin the buildings of Arbe. The entrance door isByzantine in character, with square head, semi-circular arch, and slightly sunk tympanum, on whicha cross is carved. The windows have double shaftswith neither capital nor base, standing one behindthe other, both set well inwards towards the centreof the wall, and supporting a common impost-blockwhich spreads out fore and aft to the thicknessof the wall. Between the heads of the top lights isa singular upright dentil ornament of a kind whichI have nowhere el
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