They do not appear to be scriptural; yet why should they be when the Labours of Hercules are illustrated in sculpture on the facade above them?
[Illustration: S.MARK'S FROM THE PIAZZA, THE MERCERIA CLOCK ON THE LEFT] The north facade of S.Mark's receives less attention than it should, although one cannot leave Cook's office without seeing it.

The north has a lovely Gothic doorway and much sculpture, including on the west wall of the transept a rather nice group of sheep, and beneath it a pretty little saint; while the Evangelists are again here--S.

Luke painting, S.
Matthew looking up from his book, S.John brooding, and S.Mark writing.
The doorway has a quaint interesting relief of the manger, containing a very large Christ child, in its arch.

Pinnacled saints, with holy men beneath canopies between them, are here, and on one point the quaintest little crowned Madonna.

At sunset the light on this wall can be very lovely.
At the end of the transept is a tomb built against the wall, with lions to guard it, and a statue of S.George high above.