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346 346 ITALIAN AECIIITELTURE. Pakt II. The true type of an Italian fa9ade is well illustrated in the view of St. Francesco at Brescia (Woodcut No. 775), which may be con- sidered the germ of all that followed. Whether the church had three aisles or five, the true Italian facade in the age of pointed architecture was always a modifica- tion or extension of this idea, though introduced with more or less Gothic feeling according to the circumstances of its erec- tion. At Florence there is a liouse or warehouse, con- verted into a church, — Or (horrcum ) San Michele, which has attracted a good deal of attention, hut more un account of its curious ornaments 774. Duonio at Ferrara. (From Hope's "Architec- ture."^ Scale 50 ft. to 1 in. 775. View of San Francesco, Brescia. (From Street's " Brick and Marbk- in the Middle Ages.") than for beauty of design — which latter it does not, and indeed can hardly be expected to possess. The little chapel of Sta. Maria della Spina