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A Wanderer in Venice

CHAPTER III
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"To both of us," said Alexander.

That was on July 24, 1177, and on the walls of the Doges' Palace we shall see pictures of the Pope's sojourn in Venice and subsequent triumph.
The vestibule mosaics are not easy to study, as the best are in the domes immediately overhead.

But they are very interesting in their simple directness.

Their authors had but one end in view, and that was to tell the story.

As thorough illustrations they could not be overpraised.


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