The Stones of Venice, Volume 2 (of 3), by John Ruskin

6. JUNE. _Reaping._ The corn and sickle sculptured with singular care

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and precision, in bold relief, and the zodiacal sign, the Crab, above, also worked with great spirit. Spenser puts plough irons into his hand. Sometimes he is sheep-shearing; and, in English and northern French manuscripts, carrying a kind of fagot or barrel, of the meaning of which I am not certain.

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1. Chapter 1 2. CHAPTER I. 3. CHAPTER II. 4. CHAPTER III. 5. CHAPTER IV. 6. CHAPTER V. 7. CHAPTER VI. 8. CHAPTER VII. 9. CHAPTER VIII. 10. 12. Modern Paintings on Glass, 394 11. CHAPTER I. 12. CHAPTER II. 13. CHAPTER III. 14. 1125. The Doge Domenico Michele, having in the second crusade secured 15. 1. a. b. c. b. a. 11. b. a. c. f. a. a. 16. CHAPTER IV. 17. chapter ii. of the "Seven Lamps," § 18, I especially guarded this 18. introduction to his Iconographie Chrétienne, p. 7:--"Un de mes 19. CHAPTER V. 20. 1. Fondaco de' Turehi, lateral 8. St. Mark's. 21. 3. Casa Farsetti, central pillars, 11. Casa Loredan, upper arcade. 22. 7. Casa Loredan, upper arcade. 15. St. Mark's. 23. CHAPTER VI. 24. 6. Redundance. 25. 1. Never encourage the manufacture of any article not absolutely 26. 2. Never demand an exact finish for its own sake, but only for some 27. 3. Never encourage imitation or copying of any kind, except for the sake 28. 1. Never encourage the manufacture of anything not necessary, in the 29. book I have seen which, favoring the Liberal cause in Italy, gives a 30. CHAPTER VII. 31. 6. In domestic architecture, the remains of the original balconies begin 32. 1. JANUARY, _Carrying home a noble tree on his shoulders, the leafage of 33. 2. FEBRUARY. _Sitting in a carved chair, warming his bare feet at a 34. 3. MARCH. Here, as almost always in Italy, _a warrior_: the Mars of the 35. 4. APRIL. Here, _carrying a sheep upon his shoulder_. A rare 36. 5. MAY _is seated, while two young maidens crown him with flowers._ A 37. 6. JUNE. _Reaping._ The corn and sickle sculptured with singular care 38. 7. JULY. _Mowing._ A very interesting piece of sculpture, owing to the 39. 8. AUGUST. Peculiarly represented in this archivolt, _sitting in a 40. 9. SEPTEMBER. _Bearing home grapes in a basket._ Almost always sowing, 41. 10. OCTOBER. _Wearing a conical hat, and digging busily with a long 42. 11. NOVEMBER. _Seems to be catching small birds in a net._ I do not 43. 12. DECEMBER. _Killing swine._ It is hardly ever that this employment is 44. CHAPTER VIII. 45. 1301. Some remnants of the Ziani Palace were perhaps still left between 46. 25. " Frequentatio Companying with saints. 47. 30. " Perseverantia. Perseverance. 48. 7. To Violence and Fraud. 49. 10. Treachery to those who repose entire trust in the traitor. 50. introduction to Intemperance; a graceful and feminine image, necessary 51. 68. Some historians speak of the palace as having been destroyed 52. 1. THE GONDOLIER'S CRY. 53. 2. OUR LADY OF SALVATION. 54. 3. TIDES OF VENICE, AND MEASURES AT TORCELLO. 55. 4. DATE OF THE DUOMO OF TORCELLO. 56. 5. MODERN PULPITS. 57. 6. APSE OF MURANO. 58. 7. EARLY VENETIAN DRESS. 59. 8. INSCRIPTIONS AT MURANO. 60. 9. SHAFTS OF ST. MARK. 61. 10. PROPER SENSE OF THE WORD IDOLATRY. 62. 11. SITUATIONS OF BYZANTINE PALACES. 63. 12. MODERN PAINTING ON GLASS.

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