Elementi architettonici erratici dall'isolato 140

This chapter contains an analysis of the architectural elements found in the area of block 140. In particular, torsade molding and denticulated cornices, brackets, fluted cornices, elements from double and triple lancet windows; these were mass produced objects which are characteristic of a specific residential type which was developed in the second half of the 15th century. After analyzing the construction techniques, we attempted to formulate a preliminary typological chronology. On the basis of the distribution analysis inside of the city we created a preliminary map chich revealed that the buildings that included these elements represented a minority with respect to all the other buildings. These kinds of architectural elements, in fact, can be found almost everywhere in the territories which were dominated by the Venetians but which originated in the civil and ecclesiastical architecture which developed in Venice during the first half of the 15th century. On the basis of the written documents we have concerning local craftsmen working along the Dalmatian coast starting in the Late Middle Ages, we can attribute architectural elements of this type to these workshops. The fact that they were mass produced would also imply that they were not very expensive.