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THE COMPLETE WORKS
OF
JOHN RUSKIN
STONES OF VENICE Volumes I-II
NATIONAL LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
NEW YORK	CHICAGO

THE COMPLETE WORKS

OF

JOHN RUSKIN

VOLUME VIII

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STONES OF VENICE

VOLUME II

THE

STONES OF VENICE

VOLUME II.

THE SEA STORIES

ADVERTISEMENT.

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It was originally intended that this Work should consist of two volumes only; the subject has extended to three. The second volume, however, will conclude the account of the ancient architecture of Venice. The third will embrace the Early, the Roman, and the Grotesque Renaissance; and an Index, which, as it gives, in alphabetical order, a brief account of all the buildings in Venice, or references to the places where they are mentioned in the text, will be found a convenient guide for the traveller. In order to make it more serviceable, I have introduced some notices of the pictures which I think most interesting in the various churches, and in the Scuola di San Rocco.

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CONTENTS.

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FIRST, OR BYZANTINE, PERIOD.

CHAPTER I.
	page
The Throne,	1
CHAPTER II.
Torcello,	11
CHAPTER III.
Murano,	27
CHAPTER IV.
St. Mark’s,	57
CHAPTER V.
Byzantine Palaces,	118
SECOND, OR GOTHIC, PERIOD.
CHAPTER VI.
The Nature of Gothic,	151
CHAPTER VII.
Gothic Palaces,	231
CHAPTER VIII.
The Ducal Palace,	281

APPENDIX.

1.	The Gondolier’s Cry,	375
2.	Our Lady of Salvation,	378
3.	Tides of Venice and Measures at Torcello,	378
4.	Date of the Duomo of Torcello,	380
5.	Modern Pulpits,	380
6.	Apse of Murano,	382
7.	Early Venetian Dress,	[email protected]@[email protected]@[email protected]@30755@[email protected]#page383"