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Plate1.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]

THE

STONES OF VENICE.


FIRST, OR BYZANTINE, PERIOD.


CHAPTER I.

THE THRONE.