. The stones of Venice; introductory chapters and local indices (printed separately) for the use of travellers while staying in Venice and Verona . Fig. II. APPENDIX. 257. in Fig. in., so as hardly to diminisli their binding power. Inthe lighter independent balconies they are often cut deeper;but in all cases the bar of stone is nearly independent of thesmall shafts placed beneath it, and would stand firm thoughthese were removed, as at a, Fig. XL, supported either bythe main shafts of thetraceries, or by its ownsmall pilasters withsemi-shafts at theirsides, of the plan d,Fig. n., in a continu
. The stones of Venice; introductory chapters and local indices (printed separately) for the use of travellers while staying in Venice and Verona . Fig. II. APPENDIX. 257. in Fig. in., so as hardly to diminisli their binding power. Inthe lighter independent balconies they are often cut deeper;but in all cases the bar of stone is nearly independent of thesmall shafts placed beneath it, and would stand firm thoughthese were removed, as at a, Fig. XL, supported either bythe main shafts of thetraceries, or by its ownsmall pilasters withsemi-shafts at theirsides, of the plan d,Fig. n., in a continu-ous balcony, and e atthe angle of one. ^^*^- ?^^^• There is one more very curious circumstance illustrative ofthe Venetian desire to obtain horizontal pressure. In all theGothic staircases with which I am acquainted, out of Venice,in which vertical shafts are used to support an inclined line,those shafts are connected by arches rising each above theother, with a little bracket above the capitals, on the sidewhere it is necessary to raise the arch; or else, though lessgracefully, with a longer curve to the lowest side of the arch. But the Venetians seem to have
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