. Brick and marble in the middle ages: notes of tours in the north of Italy . ^Ma. 7^f> 3&£4<-. •in.— FRONT. S. IANTAI,EO>JE, IAVIA. Chap. X.] SANTA MARIA DEL CARMINE. 279 of the bricks in ap2)earaiice, and, perhaps where two hrieksare side by side on the same plane, to make a little dis-tinction between them by tooling the bricks in oppositedirections. Two other features of Pavian brickwork mayalso here be mentioned: one, that the depth of the arch-bricks is almost always increased from the springing line tothe centre—the intrados and extrados not being concentric ;th
. Brick and marble in the middle ages: notes of tours in the north of Italy . ^Ma. 7^f> 3&£4<-. •in.— FRONT. S. IANTAI,EO>JE, IAVIA. Chap. X.] SANTA MARIA DEL CARMINE. 279 of the bricks in ap2)earaiice, and, perhaps where two hrieksare side by side on the same plane, to make a little dis-tinction between them by tooling the bricks in oppositedirections. Two other features of Pavian brickwork mayalso here be mentioned: one, that the depth of the arch-bricks is almost always increased from the springing line tothe centre—the intrados and extrados not being concentric ;the other, that the arch-bricks do not radiate from a centre,bnt are arranged so as to obtain a vertical joint in the first is a very defensible practice, the second seems tome to be the contrary. There are several other clmrches to be noticed most interesting to me after San Michele is that ofSta. Maria del Carmine, or San Pantaleone (for it seemsto rejoice in a double dedication), which, in some respects,is more akin to our northern Gothic work than any otherItalian church I have
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