St. Mark's rest : the history of Venice written for the help of the few travellers who still care for her monuments (1885)
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 · New York : Lovell · leaf 169
s introduced into thesepictures. From above a ray of light, with a star and a dovein it, descends on the head of Christ: And Jesus when hewas baptized, went up straightway out of the water : and, lo,the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit ofGod descending like a dove, and lighting… … The mosaic is (according to the sacristan) entirely restored,and the letters of the legend appear to have been incorrectlytreated. The words are * Puellaj saltanti iniperavit mater APPENDIX TO CHAPTER VIIL 1G5 nihil (? mchil) aliud petas nisi caput Jobannis Baptistse —■*And as the girl danced her…
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