Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 17
soft with carpets of tapes-try, and at the foot of the stairs floated the mostbeautiful boat in the world, the Bucentaur, orState Barge, of Venice. Its high, carved prowand hull were one mass of golden decorations.White statues of the saints, carved heads of thelion of St. Mark, the Doges cap and… … THE BUCENTAUR, OR STATE BARGE OF VENICE. i887.J HISTORIC GIRLS. 487 royal purple. The long oars were scarlet andgold, and the rowers were resplendent in suits ofblue and silver. A great velvet-covered thronestood on the upper deck, and at its right was achair of state, glistening with gold. whom he…
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