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Venice and its story (1910)

Okey, Thomas, 1852-1935 · London, J. M. Dent ; New York, E. P. Dutton · leaf 58

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Calamanco cloth of gold, chanting a litany, andthe whole procession went its way to S. Maria Formosa,where a number of dames and damsels were met, to whomwine and sweets were presented. Qn the last day ofJanuary the procession was renewed with greater splendour.Over five hundred banners were… … A GIRL OF CASTELLO. THE BRIDES OF ST MARK , 25 shoulders of four men, gonfalons resplendent with goldwaving around. The Doge, surrounded by the Venetiannobility, stood at a window of the ducal palace, while threeof the clergy chanted the usual lauds of his greatness andpower. The Doge then joined…

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