The stones of Venice : [With appendices, additional notes, and "Venetian index."] (1894)
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 · Boston : Estes & Lauriat · leaf 166
inthe 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… … 11 Plate XI.—Byzantine Sculpture. BYZANTINE PALACES. 141 question, the sun and the moon are 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…
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