[[143]] Acts xiii, 13 and xv, 38, 39. [Ruskin.]
[[144]] The reader who desires to investigate it may consult Galliciolli, Delle Memorie Venete (Venice, 1795), tom. 2, p. 332, and the authorities quoted by him. [Ruskin.]
[[145]] Venice, 1761 tom. 1, p. 126. [Ruskin.]
[[146]] A wonderful City, such as was never seen before.
[[147]] St. Mark's Place, "partly covered by turf, and planted with a few trees; and on account of its pleasant aspect called Brollo or Broglio, that is to say, Garden." The canal passed through it, over which is built the bridge of the Malpassi. Galliciolli, lib. I, cap. viii. [Ruskin.]
[[148]] My authorities for this statement are given below, in the chapter on the Ducal Palace. [Ruskin.]
[[149]] In the Chronicles, Sancti Marci Ducalis Cappdla. [Ruskin.]
[[150]] "To God the Lord, the glorious Virgin Annunciate, and the Protector St. Mark."—Corner, p. 14. It is needless to trouble the reader with the various authorities for the above statements: I have consulted the best. The previous inscription once existing on the church itself:
Anno milleno transacto bisque trigeno Desuper undecimo fuit facta primo,
is no longer to be seen, and is conjectured by Corner, with much probability, to have perished "in qualche ristauro." [Ruskin.]