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A Wanderer in Venice

CHAPTER III
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Sansovino designed also the bronze figures of the Evangelists on the balustrade of the choir stalls and the reliefs of the Doge's and Dogaressa's private pews.
There are two Treasuries in S.Mark's, One can be seen every day for half a franc; the other is open only on Fridays and the entrance fee is, I believe, five francs.

I have not laid out this larger amount; but in the other I have spent some time and seen various priceless temporal indications of spiritual power.

There is a sword of Doge Mocenigo, a wonderful turquoise bowl, a ring for the Adriatic nuptials, and so forth.

But I doubt if such details of S.Mark's are things to write about.

One should go there to see S.Mark's as a whole, just as one goes to Venice to see Venice.
The Baptistery is near the entrance on the left as you leave the church.
But while still in the transept it is interesting to stand in the centre of the aisle with one's back to the high altar and look through the open door at the Piazza lying in the sun.


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