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340 340 ITALIAN ARCHITECTUEE. Pakt II. much smaller church of St. Ouen will convey far more pleasure to the true artist than this gorgeous temple. The cause of all this it is easy to understand, since all or nearly all its defects arise from the introduction of Italian features into a Gothic building ; or rather, perhaps, it should l:)e said, from a German architect being allowed to ornament an Italian cathedral. Taking the contemporary cathedral of St. Petronio at Bologna as our standard of comparison, it will be seen that the sections (Woodcuts Nos. 768, 770) w/////M///MMM//M/m//M/w/mmm 770. Section of Cathedral at Milan.i (From Wiebeking.) Scale 50 ft. to 1 in. are almost identical both in dimensions and in form, except that at Milan the external range is a real aisle instead of a series of side chapels ; but at the same time, it will be perceived that the German system prevailed in doubling the number of the piers between the nave and side-aisles. So far, therefore, the German architect saved the church. The two small clerestories, however, still remain ; and although the design avoids the mullionless little circles of Bologna, • The plan and section beini? taken | believe the plan to be the more correct from two different writers, there is a ' of the two, though I have no means of slight discrepancy between the scales. I being quite certain on the point.