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The second storey had a lengthy dedicatory inscription on a tablet, set into the broken top of the propylaeum pediment. This read:
 
The second storey had a lengthy dedicatory inscription on a tablet, set into the broken top of the propylaeum pediment. This read:
   
''Alexandro VII Pont[ifici] Opt[imo] Max[imo] quod ecclesia olim parochialis S[ancti] Nicolai de Funariis, Basilicae S[ancti] Marci sua munificentia unita ut archifraternitati S[anctarum] Ursulae et Catarinae in usum perpetuum concederetur, ad beneficia propensior annuerit Ill[ustrissi]mus Rev[erendissi]mus D[omi]nus Oratius Matteius Prim[iceri]us.''
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''Alexandro VII Pont[ifici] Opt[imo] Max[imo] quod ecclesia olim parochialis S[ancti] Nicolai de Funariis, Basilica S[ancti] Marci sua munificentia unita ut archifraternitati S[anctae] Ursulae et Catharinae in usum perpetuum concederetur, ad beneficia propensior annuerit Ill[ustrissi]mus Rev[erendissi]mus D[omi]nus Oratius Matteius Primicerius.''
   
 
This storey was topped by a triangular pediment with a cornice but no full entablature, and had a rectangular window in each upper corner. Above the inscription was a large 17th century fresco of ''St Ursula Venerating Our Lady, ''which was painted directly onto the wall without any frame.
 
This storey was topped by a triangular pediment with a cornice but no full entablature, and had a rectangular window in each upper corner. Above the inscription was a large 17th century fresco of ''St Ursula Venerating Our Lady, ''which was painted directly onto the wall without any frame.
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