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Bk. II. Ch. IV.
YERONA.
571
that have not been exemplified above, unless perhaps it is the apse
of the church of San Donato on the Murano near Yenice, which is
decorated with a richness of mai’ble decoration to which the purer
Gothic style never attained, and which entitles this church to rank
rather with the Byzantine than with the Lombard buildings of which
we are treating, or a style so curiously exceptional as to make it one
450. Ka<;ade of San Zenone, Verona. (From Chapuy.)
of the most interesting churches, historically, to be found in the
North of Italy.
Recent discoveries in Syria1 have proved almost beyond a doubt
that the carved slabs with which it is adorned externally were
borrowed from some desecrated building on the coast of Syria—-
1 ‘ The Land of Moab,’ by Dr. Tris-
tram (Murray, 1S73), pp. 376 et seqq.
[The small triangular marble panels
referred to in Murano are of a verv
elementary character in their carving,
and have scarcely the importance at-
tached to them by Mr. Fergusson. Be-
sides, the same wall decoration in brick-
work is found in tlie apse of St. Fosca,
Torcello (c. 100S), where, however, the
triangular recesses are simply covered
with stucco and painted ; being closer to
the eye in Murano, they filled the spaces
with incised marble slabs: in other
words, it seems more probable that the
slabs were made for tlie triangular
panels than the converse, which is sug-
gested by Mr. Fergusson.—Ed.]
YERONA.
571
that have not been exemplified above, unless perhaps it is the apse
of the church of San Donato on the Murano near Yenice, which is
decorated with a richness of mai’ble decoration to which the purer
Gothic style never attained, and which entitles this church to rank
rather with the Byzantine than with the Lombard buildings of which
we are treating, or a style so curiously exceptional as to make it one
450. Ka<;ade of San Zenone, Verona. (From Chapuy.)
of the most interesting churches, historically, to be found in the
North of Italy.
Recent discoveries in Syria1 have proved almost beyond a doubt
that the carved slabs with which it is adorned externally were
borrowed from some desecrated building on the coast of Syria—-
1 ‘ The Land of Moab,’ by Dr. Tris-
tram (Murray, 1S73), pp. 376 et seqq.
[The small triangular marble panels
referred to in Murano are of a verv
elementary character in their carving,
and have scarcely the importance at-
tached to them by Mr. Fergusson. Be-
sides, the same wall decoration in brick-
work is found in tlie apse of St. Fosca,
Torcello (c. 100S), where, however, the
triangular recesses are simply covered
with stucco and painted ; being closer to
the eye in Murano, they filled the spaces
with incised marble slabs: in other
words, it seems more probable that the
slabs were made for tlie triangular
panels than the converse, which is sug-
gested by Mr. Fergusson.—Ed.]