. Brick and marble in the middle ages: notes of tours in the north of Italy . l; LblXO, MOMZA. Pdje 337. Chai>. XII.] THE BROLETTO. 337 all coustnictional, this is eutirely so, the marbles not beingveneered on to the wall, but forming a portion of itssubstance. I need not say that in this respect, when wewish to use marble in England, the paucity of our supplieswill probably always compel us to imitate the Venetiansrather than the architects of Monza, Como, or Milan. The sacristy here is worth visiting. Among other relicsare two fifteenth-century chalices of unusually good work-manship. The
. Brick and marble in the middle ages: notes of tours in the north of Italy . l; LblXO, MOMZA. Pdje 337. Chai>. XII.] THE BROLETTO. 337 all coustnictional, this is eutirely so, the marbles not beingveneered on to the wall, but forming a portion of itssubstance. I need not say that in this respect, when wewish to use marble in England, the paucity of our supplieswill probably always compel us to imitate the Venetiansrather than the architects of Monza, Como, or Milan. The sacristy here is worth visiting. Among other relicsare two fifteenth-century chalices of unusually good work-manship. They appeared to me to be by a German ratherthan an Italian BUULElTo— i The Broletto, which stands near the cathedral in thej centre of the city, is very interesting. It is raised upon• open arches of stone, two at cither end and five at the In my sketch of it the southern end is shewn with the; projecting Einghiera in the second stage; the northern endjis very singular, the tower rising out of one side, withI the steep-jntched roof of the other half abutting againstlit. The detail of the windows is very good, the arch-stones in some of them increasing in depth towards theioentre, witli an effect of very great strength. All the{windows are shafted. The dimensions of this building are z 338 MONZA. [Chap. XII. forty-two feet from east to west, and sixty-four feet fromnorth to south. The only other ancient buikling which I could find wasthe church of Sta. Maria in Strada; the most elaborateexample of late work in brick and terra-cotta that I haveanywhere seen. The eftect is not satisfactory; for when, ashere, carvings are imit
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