. Brick and marble in the middle ages: notes of tours in the north of Italy . IXWJltWAY—OLD HODSK, VEKOKA. with the etlect of strength and good proportion which itproduces. Most of the arches are built with alternatevoussoirs of brick and stone, but beyond tlie outside line ofthe brick and stone arch there is invariably a line of verythin bricks laid all round the arch, delicately definingwithout pretending to strengthen the main arch, just as alabel does with us. I noticed too, generally, that this thin 106 VERONA. [Chap. YI. brick was of a deeper, better colour than the other bricks,which ar
. Brick and marble in the middle ages: notes of tours in the north of Italy . IXWJltWAY—OLD HODSK, VEKOKA. with the etlect of strength and good proportion which itproduces. Most of the arches are built with alternatevoussoirs of brick and stone, but beyond tlie outside line ofthe brick and stone arch there is invariably a line of verythin bricks laid all round the arch, delicately definingwithout pretending to strengthen the main arch, just as alabel does with us. I noticed too, generally, that this thin 106 VERONA. [Chap. YI. brick was of a deeper, better colour than the other bricks,which are seldom any better than the common English bricks, —3^5®-.
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