[88] The traveller who is acquainted with Burne-Jones’ Days of Creation will note the influence of these mosaics on the English master’s work.
[89] In 1682 the slab of this tomb was accidentally discovered embedded in the wall of the Ducal Palace. In 1810 the French ordered the carving to be defaced, but the mason evaded the command by setting the stone face downwards, and in 1839 Rawdon Brown secured it and sent it to England.
[90] The figure may still be discerned in the great mosque when the light is favourable.
[91] “Devastated,” says Saccardo.
[92] Reproduced in Parker’s “Introduction to Gothic Architecture,” ninth Edition, p. 296.
[93] During the excavations made in 1903 round the foundations of the fallen Campanile the old brick paving was clearly seen.
[94] On free days the entrance is by the farther Scala dei Censori.
[95] “The most terrific brain that ever applied itself to painting” (Vasari).
[96] (1) The Carità, (2) S. Giovanni Evangelista, (3) The Misericordia, (4) S. Marco, (5) S. Rocco, (6) S. Teodoro.
[97] Four pictures were painted for the Guild of St Mark. Two, the Carrying of the Body of St Mark from Alexandria, and St Mark saving a Saracen, are in the Royal Palace of Venice; the fourth is in the Brera at Milan.