Salve Venetia, gleanings from Venetian history; vol. II

THE ANGELS OF THE SALUTE

GLEANINGS FROM VENETIAN HISTORY BY FRANCIS MARION CRAWFORD WITH 225 ILLUSTRATIONS BY JOSEPH PENNELL IN TWO VOLUMES VOL. II New York THE MACMILLAN COMPANY LONDON: MACMILLAN & CO., Ltd. 1906 All rights reserved Copyright, 1905, By THE MACMILLAN COMPANY. Set up and electrotyped. Published December, 1905. Reprinted January, 1906. Norwood Press J. S. Cushing & Co.—Berwick & Smith Co. Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.





S. MARIA DEGLI SCALZI, GRAND CANAL
Like other aristocracies, the Venetian government rarely destroyed or altogether abolished any office or regulation which had existed a long time. When a change was needed the duties or powers of one or more of the Councils were extended, or a committee of the Council of Ten was appointed and presently turned into a separate tribunal, as when the Inquisitors of State were created.