GLEANINGS
FROM VENETIAN HISTORY
BY
FRANCIS MARION CRAWFORD
WITH 225 ILLUSTRATIONS BY JOSEPH PENNELL
IN TWO VOLUMES
VOL. I
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.

CONTENTS

PAGE
[Salve Venetia!][1]
[I.][The Beginnings][9]
[II.][The Little Golden Age][24]
[III.][The Republic of Saint Mark][35]
[IV.][Venice under the Families of Partecipazio, Candiano, and Orseolo][55]
[V.][Venice and the First Crusades][93]
[VI.][Venice and Constantinople][124]
[VII.][The Fourteenth Century in Venice][160]
[VIII.][On Manners and Certain Customs in the Fourteenth Century][257]
[IX.][The Feast of the Maries][278]
[X.][The Doges in the Early Part of the Fourteenth Century][288]
[XI.][Conspiracy of Marino Faliero][309]
[XII.][The Successors of Marino Faliero][342]
[XIII.][Carlo Zeno][353]
[XIV.][The War of Chioggia][369]
[XV.][Venice in the Fifteenth Century][416]
[The Doges of Venice][495]
[Table of the Principal Dates in Venetian History][499]
[Books consulted][501]
[INDEX]:[A],[B],[C],[D],[E],[F],[G],[H],[I],[J],[K],[L],[M],[N],[O],[P],[Q],[R],[S],[T],[U],[V],[W],[Z][507]

ILLUSTRATIONS

PLATES
[The Salute][Frontispiece]
[Evening in the Lagoon][To face page 4]
[Midnight, the Lagoon][“ 6 ]
[Hall of the Globes, Ducal Palace][“ 84 ]
[The Piazzetta][“117 ]
[A White Morning from S. Georgio. The Campanile, 1903][“179 ]
[When the Fishing Boats are in][“204 ]
[Clouds of Sunset][“207 ]
[Ponte Veneta Marina][“249 ]
[The Pulpit, St. Mark’s][“296 ]
[The Chapel of St. Mark’s][“300 ]
[A Rainy Night, The Rialto][“307 ]
[Door of the Treasury, St. Mark’s][“308 ]
[The Tombs in SS. Giovanni e Paolo][“338 ]
[The Nave, SS. Giovanni e Paolo][“340 ]
[The City in the Seas][“400 ]
IN TEXT
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[From Outside the Lido][1]
[Rio della Pace][2]
[The Mists gather on the Lagoons][3]
[Looking towards St. George’s][8]
[The Custom-house, Venice][9]
[The Lights of the Lido][10]
[Chioggia][11]
[Bridge at Chioggia][13]
[The Cathedral at Murano][16]
[The Islands][23]
[The Approach from Mestre][24]
[Fish Baskets][34]
[Venice from the Lido][35]
[Shops near the Rialto][36]
[Grand Canal, near Rialto][39]
[A Water Door near S. Benedetto][45]
[Narrow Water Lane][48]
[On the Giudecca][50]
[The Steps of the Salute][53]
[The Riva at Night][55]
[St. Mark’s][57]
[A Chapel, St. Mark’s][59]
[The Porch, St. Mark’s][60]
[St. Mark’s][63]
[Door of St. Mark’s][67]
[From the Gallery, St. Mark’s][69]
[The Great Doorway, St. Mark’s][71]
[The Christ of St. Mark’s][75]
[A Shrine, St. Mark’s][77]
[The Great Window, St. Mark’s][81]
[Fishing Boats at the Riva][92]
[The Grand Canal from the Ca d’Oro][93]
[The Post Office][98]
[Off the Public Gardens][101]
[The Clock Tower][107]
[The Dogana and the Salute][115]
[Chioggia][119]
[S. Pietro in Castello][122]
[Ponte Malcantone][124]
[The Salute][129]
[Fondamenta S. Girolamo][137]
[Venice from the Lagoon][142]
[Campiello S. Giovanni][147]
[Campo, Santa Ternita][154]
[The House of Faliero, Ponte dei S. S. Apostoli][160]
[The Tiepolo Palace][161]
[Boats off the Public Garden][167]
[Court of Appeals, Grand Canal][168]
[The Flags flying in the Piazza][177]
[The Campanile][178]
[St. Theodore][182]
[S. Severo][187]
[S. Pietro in Castello][193]
[The Great Lamp, St. Mark’s][195]
[The Canarreggio][197]
[The House of the Spirits][198]
[S. Paolo][199]
[The Little Fish Market][203]
[Off the Public Gardens][209]
[Rio della Pieta][215]
[Rio S. Agostin][222]
[Rio Jena Seconda][227]
[Calle del Spezier][236]
[Rio di S. Pantaleone][246]
[The Abbazzia][257]
[A Campo][262]
[Rio della Panada][271]
[Fondamenta Marcotta][278]
[The Abbazzia][288]
[Campo S. Maria][290]
[S. Lorenzo][299]
[Rio S. Stin][305]
[Zattere, the Morning Mist][309]
[Calle Occhialera][313]
[Campo S. Maria Nova][320]
[Ponte e Fondamenta di Donna Onesta][327]
[Ramo della Scuola][331]
[Campo S. Agnello][342]
[The Three Bridges][353]
[Rio della Guerra][359]
[Rio Pertrin][363]
[Bridge at Chioggia][369]
[Street in Chioggia][372]
[The Shrine at Chioggia][373]
[The Salute, Night][376]
[Calle Casalli][383]
[Calle della Donazella][385]
[Campo S. Benedetto][389]
[The Horses over the Great Door, St. Mark’s][397]
[On the Giudecca][399]
[Rio S. Polo][403]
[Moonlight Night, S. M. dell’ Orto][409]
[The Carmine][416]
[Rio de S. Pantaleone][421]
[The Church of the Frari][425]
[Ponte Fiorenzola][435]
[Land Gateway, Palazzo Foscari][439]
[Palazzo Regina di Cipro][446]
[Ramo Corte della Vida, S. Francesco della Vida][455]
[The Frari][457]
[The Choir Screen, Frari][459]
[S. Rocco][461]
[Grand Canal looking to Canarreggio][467]
[Tombs in the Frari][475]
[Ca d’ Oro][481]
[Entrance to S. Zaccharia][487]
[The Piazzetta, Misty Morning][493]