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8. Inscriptions at Murano, 384 9. Shafts of St. Mark’s, 384 10. Proper Sense of the Word Idolatry, 388 11. Situations of Byzantine Palaces, 391 12. Modern Paintings on Glass, 394

LIST OF PLATES.

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Plate	1.	Plans of Torcello and Murano,	14
"	2.	The Acanthus of Torcello,	15
"	3.	Inlaid Bands of Murano,	40
"	4.	Sculptures of Murano,	42
"	5.	Archivolt in the Duomo of Murano,	45
"	6.	The Vine, Free and in Service,	96
"	7.	Byzantine Capitals—Convex Group,	131
"	8.	Byzantine Capitals—Concave Group,	132
"	9.	Lily Capital of St. Mark’s,	136
"	10.	The Four Venetian Flower Order,	137
"	11.	Byzantine Sculptures,	138
"	12.	Linear and Surface Gothic,	224
"	13.	Balconies,	247
"	14.	The Orders of Venetian Arches,	248
"	15.	Windows of the Second Order,	254
"	16.	Windows of the Fourth Order,	257
"	17.	Windows of the Early Gothic Palaces,	259
"	18.	Windows of the Fifth Order,	266
"	19.	Leafage of the Vine Angle,	308
"	20.	Leafage of the Venetian Capitals,	368

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THE

STONES OF VENICE.

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FIRST, OR BYZANTINE, PERIOD.

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CHAPTER I.

THE THRONE.

§ I. In the olden days of travelling, now to return no more, in which distance could not be vanquished without toil, but in which that toil was rewarded, partly by the power of deliberate survey of the countries through which the journey lay, and partly by the happiness of the evening hours, when, from the top of the last hill he had surmounted, the traveller beheld the quiet village where he was to rest, scattered among the meadows beside its valley stream; or, from the