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wall, so as merely to frame in the portal, the result would resemble, in composition of lines, the portal of Como, and would
Fig. 84.—Portal of San Pietro in Cielo d' Oro, Pavia.
be as illogical. The first, or encompassing, order of the portal of Como is like the façade of such a mediæval porch wrought in relief against the wall as an ornamental framework. For the
