Chapter 1

The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Stones of Venice, Volume 2 (of 3), This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org. If you are not located in the United States, you will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this eBook. Title: The Stones of Venice, Volume 2 (of 3), Author: John Ruskin Release date: December 31, 2009 [eBook #30755] Language: English Other information and formats: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/30755 Credits: E-text prepared by Marius Masi, Juliet Sutherland, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) *** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE STONES OF VENICE, VOLUME 2 (OF 3), *** E-text prepared by Marius Masi, Juliet Sutherland, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 30755-h.htm or 30755-h.zip: (https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/30755/pg30755-images.html) or (https://www.gutenberg.org/files/30755/30755-h.zip) Volumes I and III are available in the Project Gutenberg Library: Volume I--see https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/30754 Volume III--see https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/30756 Volume III contains the index for all three volumes. The index in the html version of Volume III has links to the the other two volumes. Transcriber's note: A few typographical errors have been corrected. They are listed at the end of the text. Characters following a caret were printed as superscript in the original. For example, St^a; here the "a" is a superscript. Library Edition The Complete Works of John Ruskin STONES OF VENICE VOLUMES I-II National Library Association New York Chicago The Complete Works of John Ruskin Volume VIII STONES OF VENICE VOLUME II THE STONES OF VENICE VOLUME II. The Sea Stories ADVERTISEMENT. It was originally intended that this Work should consist of two volumes only; the subject has extended to three. The second volume, however, will conclude the account of the ancient architecture of Venice. The third will embrace the Early, the Roman, and the Grotesque Renaissance; and an Index, which, as it gives, in alphabetical order, a brief account of all the buildings in Venice, or references to the places where they are mentioned in the text, will be found a convenient guide for the traveller. In order to make it more serviceable, I have introduced some notices of the pictures which I think most interesting in the various churches, and in the Scuola di San Rocco. CONTENTS. FIRST, OR BYZANTINE, PERIOD.