57. Piacenza, view of Palazzo Publico....._to face_308 Brickwork, Palazzo Publico, Piacenza.....310 Sant’Antonino, Piacenza, plan.....312* Sant’Antonino, Piacenza, section.....313* Duomo, Milan, ground-plan.....317* 58. Sant’Ambrogio, Milan, baldachin....._to face_326 59. Piazza dei Mercanti, Milan.....“.....329 60. Certosa of Chiaravalle.....“.....330 61. Sant’Andrea, Vercelli, interior....._to face_332 Window in Duomo, Monza.....335 62. The Broletto, Monza....._to face_337 Window in Broletto.....337 63. The Broletto, Como....._to face_340 64. Sta. Maria, Como.....“.....342 Cornice, San Francesco, Brescia.....379 String-course, Palace of Jurisconsults, Cremona.....391 Window in north transept, Cremona.....392 Detail of window-jamb, Cremona.....393 Brick archivolt, Vescovato, Mantua.....394 Arch-mould, Cremona.....394 Window, Verona.....396 Brick window, Sant’Andrea, Mantua.....397 65. Key-plan of Capitals in Doge’s Palace, Venice....._to face_409 ⁂ The engravings marked * are taken from Mr. Fergusson’s ‘History of Architecture.’ BRICK AND MARBLE IN THE MIDDLE AGES. CHAPTER I. “Yet waft me from the harbour-mouth, Wild wind! I seek a warmer sky, And I will see before I die The palms and temples of the South.” _Tennyson._ Routes to Italy--Paris--Strasburg--Rouffach--Basel. An architectural tour in Italy seems to afford about as much prospect of pleasure and information combined as any which it is possible for an English student to take. He may see, if time allows, so much on his road, that whether one thinks of the journey or the end of it all is, at any rate in the perspective, charming. And in these days when, what with railways, through-tickets, and Cook’s and other guides for timid tourists, the journey from one end of Europe to the other is made so quickly and so cheaply as to be within most educated men’s reach, it is no wonder if most of us in our turn make the venture.