[55] The Chapel of St. Mark occupies, in the map, a place not far from the river, and near the mediæval bridge of St. Mathio. As the River Bacchiglione was navigable, it seems quite probable that there would be quays along its banks within the city.
[56] This name is quite unknown to either of us.—F.B.B.
[57] Evidently a play upon words, the first "Claustra" apparently signifying that the barred gates are opened; and the second, "that which we should describe as 'cloisters' were open at this point to the North Wind."
[58] William of Malmesbury's Glastonbury, quoted below.
[59] John Camel was "Purse-bearer" to Abbot Bere.
[60] A name unknown to us in this connection.—F.B.B. A letter received by F.B.B. from an Englishman living in Venice (dated April 19) gives the following extract from the "Curiosita Veneziane" (Giuseppe Tassini, Venezia, 1887):
"Vecchia ... Stefano della Vecchia. Il cui padre Venturino era stato approvato cittadino originario il 29 Octobre 1629 apparteneva alla famiglia Della Vecchia, la quali venne dal territorio di Bergamo, ed era detto da principio, Cornovi.
"... Un Antonio di questa famiglia il cui figlio Zaccaria fu Vescovo di Torcello, comperi in 1565 un nobile palazzo sulla Fundamenta della Madonna dell'Orto."
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