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Finally, there arc the wells which be- long, by their form and decoration, to the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries. The more elaborate specimens of this period are profusely adorned with flowers and leaves^ medallions, rosettes, bead and scroll-work — ^in short, with every kind of Renaissance ornament. The finest examples of this numerous and well-preserved class are the octagonal bronze wells in the court of the Ducal Palace, designed after Vittoria's style by Aiberghetti of Ferrara and Nic...colo de Conti in the middle of the Sixteenth Century CANALS, WELLS, SQUARES 233 rit would be unjust to the diy land if we did not acknowl- edge the picturesqueness of the calic where the high roofs shut out all but the narrowest strip of blue sky, and where swinging shutters and jutting balconies and window-sills with crimson and yellow stuffs hanging over them, and little shrines of Virgin and saints, each with their lamp burning, and shops and wares and laces are crowded together in the most inextricable confusion.
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