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Tracery from the Campanile of Giotto, at Florence.

From The complete works of John Ruskin, vol. 1, New York, 1900.
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Tracery from the Campanile of Giotto, at Florence.

From The complete works of John Ruskin, vol. 1, New York, 1900.
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Saturday, July 31, 2010
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Traceries from Caen, Bayeux, Rouen and Beauvais.

From The complete works of John Ruskin, vol. 1, New York, 1900.
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Traceries from Caen, Bayeux, Rouen and Beauvais.

From The complete works of John Ruskin, vol. 1, New York, 1900.
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Saturday, July 31, 2010
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Chimneys.

From The complete works of John Ruskin, vol. 1, New York, 1900.
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Chimneys.

From The complete works of John Ruskin, vol. 1, New York, 1900.
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Saturday, July 31, 2010
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Capital from the lower arcade of the doge’s palace, Venice.

From The complete works of John Ruskin, vol. 1, New York, 1900.
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Capital from the lower arcade of the doge’s palace, Venice.

From The complete works of John Ruskin, vol. 1, New York, 1900.
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Friday, July 30, 2010
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Pierced ornaments from Lisieux, Bayeux, Verona and Padua.

From The complete works of John Ruskin, vol. 1, New York, 1900.
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Pierced ornaments from Lisieux, Bayeux, Verona and Padua.

From The complete works of John Ruskin, vol. 1, New York, 1900.
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Friday, July 30, 2010
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Arch from the façade of San Michele at Lucca.

From The complete works of John Ruskin, vol. 1, New York, 1900.
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Arch from the façade of San Michele at Lucca.

From The complete works of John Ruskin, vol. 1, New York, 1900.
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Friday, July 30, 2010
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“Faster, sirrah !” said Quilp, looking up at the old gateway…

From Master Humphrey’s clock vol.1 , by Charles  Dickens, illustrated by George Cattermole and Hablot Knight Browne. London, 1840.
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“Faster, sirrah !” said Quilp, looking up at the old gateway…

From Master Humphrey’s clock vol.1 , by Charles Dickens, illustrated by George Cattermole and Hablot Knight Browne. London, 1840.
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Thursday, July 15, 2010
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St. Paul’s cathedral - looking west.
From Old England : a pictorial museum of regal, ecclesiastical, municipal, baronial, and popular antiquities vol. 2, by  Charles Knight, London, 1860 (?).
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St. Paul’s cathedral - looking west.
From Old England : a pictorial museum of regal, ecclesiastical, municipal, baronial, and popular antiquities vol. 2, by Charles Knight, London, 1860 (?).
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Tuesday, July 13, 2010
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The tomb of Mary Queen of Scots, Westminster Abbey.
From Old England : a pictorial museum of regal, ecclesiastical, municipal, baronial, and popular antiquities vol. 2, by  Charles Knight, London, 1860 (?).
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The tomb of Mary Queen of Scots, Westminster Abbey.
From Old England : a pictorial museum of regal, ecclesiastical, municipal, baronial, and popular antiquities vol. 2, by Charles Knight, London, 1860 (?).
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Tuesday, July 13, 2010
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Wolsey’s hall, Hampton court.
From Old England : a pictorial museum of regal, ecclesiastical, municipal, baronial, and popular antiquities vol. 2, by  Charles Knight, London, 1860 (?).
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Wolsey’s hall, Hampton court.
From Old England : a pictorial museum of regal, ecclesiastical, municipal, baronial, and popular antiquities vol. 2, by Charles Knight, London, 1860 (?).
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Tuesday, July 13, 2010