Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 · Boston : Aldine Book Publishing Co. · leaf 650
the house once belonging to Marco Polo, at St. Giovanni Gris-ostomo. § xxvi. This cross, though graceful and rich, and given be-cause it happens to be one of the best preserved, is unchar-acteristic in one respect ; for, instead of the central rose atthe meeting of the arms, we usually find a hand… … BYZANTINE PALACES. 141 question, the sun and the moon aro introduced, one on eachside of the cross—the sun generally, in paintings, as a redstar ; but I do not think with any purpose of indicating thedarkness at the time of the agony ; especially because, had thisbeen the intention, the moon ought…
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