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
