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order or meafure had grace, either in the defign or in any pro- 
*‘ portions. Whence new archite@ts arofe, who from their barba- 
tous notions produced that manner of building which by us is 
now called Tedefco, who did fome things which afforded rather 
a fubje& of laughter to the moderns, than praife to them; 
until afterwards better archite€ts found out a better form, and 
fomewhat like unto the good antique. In this ftyle are the 
oldeft churches in Italy, but not antique, which were built by 
them, as by Theodoric, King of Italy, a palace in Ravenna, one 
in Pavia, and another in Modena, but in the barbarous man- 
ner, and rather rich and large, than well defigned or of good 
architeQure. The like may be faid of St. Stephen’s in Rimini, 
of St. Martin’s in Ravenna, and of the temple of St. John the 
Evangelift, built in the fame city about the year of our falva- 
tion 438; of St. Vitale, which was built in the year 547, and, 
in fine, of many other monafteries and temples built after the 
Longobards. All which buildings, as has been faid, are great and 
magnificent, but of moft incorreé architeQure,; and amongft 
thefe are many abbies in France, built to St. Benedetto; and the 
church and monaftery of Mount Cafino; the temple of John 
the Baptift at Monza, built by that Theodolinda, queen of 
the Goths, to whom Pope Gregory wrote his dialogues; in 
which place fhe caufed to be painted the ftory of the Longo- 
bards, Afterwards, in Florence, architecture recovering a little, 
the church of the Holy Apoftle, which was built by Charlemagne, 
though fmall, was in a very beautiful manner. The archite€ture 
of this church was fuch, that Pippo di Ser Brunnellefco did not 
difdain to make ufe of it as a model for the church of the 
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