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IV. ST. mark's. 59
beside it,** gave a very different character to the Square of
St. Mark; and fifteen years later, the acquisition of the body
of the Saint, and its deposition in the Ducal Chapel, perhaps
not yet completed, occasioned the investiture of that chapel
with all possible splendor. St. Theodore was deposed from
his patronship, and his church destroyed, to make room for
the aggrandizement of the one attached to the Ducal Palace,
and thenceforward known as " St. Mark's." f
§ v. This first church was however destroyed by fire, when
the Ducal Palace was burned in the revolt against Candiano,
in 976. It was partly rebuilt by his successor, Pietro Orseolo,
on a larger scale; and, with the assistance of Byzantine
architects, the fabric was carried on under successive Doges
for nearly a hundred years ; the main building being completed in 1071, but its incrustation with marble not till considerably later. It was consecrated on the 8th of October,
1085, J according to Sansovino and the author of the " Chiesa
Ducale di S. Marco," in 1094 according to Lazari, but certainly
between 1084 and 1096, those years being the limits of the
reign of Vital Falier; I incline to the supposition that it was
soon after his accession to the throne in 1085, though Sansovino writes, by mistake, Ordelafo instead of Vital Falier.
But, at all events,' before the close of the eleventh century the
great consecration of the church took place. It was again
injured by fire in 1106, but repaired; and from that time to
the fall of Venice there was probably no Doge who did not
in some slight degree embellish or alter the fabric, so that few
* My authorities for this statement are given below, in the chapter on
the Ducal Palace.
f In the Chronicles, " Sancti Marci Ducalis Cappella."
% "To God the Lord, the glorious Virgin Annunciate, and the Protector St. Mark."—Corner, p. 14. It is needless to trouble the reader with
the various authorities for the above statements: I have consulted the best.
The previous inscription once existing on the church itself:
"Anno milleno transacto bisque trigeno
Desuper undecimo fuit facta primo,"
is no longer to be seen, and is conjectured by Corner, with much probability, to have perished "in qualche ristauro."
| Title | The stones of Venice - 2 |
| Creator | Ruskin, John |
| Publisher | J. Wiley |
| Place of Publication | New York |
| Date | 1889 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000079 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | IV. ST. mark's. 59 beside it,** gave a very different character to the Square of St. Mark; and fifteen years later, the acquisition of the body of the Saint, and its deposition in the Ducal Chapel, perhaps not yet completed, occasioned the investiture of that chapel with all possible splendor. St. Theodore was deposed from his patronship, and his church destroyed, to make room for the aggrandizement of the one attached to the Ducal Palace, and thenceforward known as " St. Mark's." f § v. This first church was however destroyed by fire, when the Ducal Palace was burned in the revolt against Candiano, in 976. It was partly rebuilt by his successor, Pietro Orseolo, on a larger scale; and, with the assistance of Byzantine architects, the fabric was carried on under successive Doges for nearly a hundred years ; the main building being completed in 1071, but its incrustation with marble not till considerably later. It was consecrated on the 8th of October, 1085, J according to Sansovino and the author of the " Chiesa Ducale di S. Marco," in 1094 according to Lazari, but certainly between 1084 and 1096, those years being the limits of the reign of Vital Falier; I incline to the supposition that it was soon after his accession to the throne in 1085, though Sansovino writes, by mistake, Ordelafo instead of Vital Falier. But, at all events,' before the close of the eleventh century the great consecration of the church took place. It was again injured by fire in 1106, but repaired; and from that time to the fall of Venice there was probably no Doge who did not in some slight degree embellish or alter the fabric, so that few * My authorities for this statement are given below, in the chapter on the Ducal Palace. f In the Chronicles, " Sancti Marci Ducalis Cappella." % "To God the Lord, the glorious Virgin Annunciate, and the Protector St. Mark."—Corner, p. 14. It is needless to trouble the reader with the various authorities for the above statements: I have consulted the best. The previous inscription once existing on the church itself: "Anno milleno transacto bisque trigeno Desuper undecimo fuit facta primo," is no longer to be seen, and is conjectured by Corner, with much probability, to have perished "in qualche ristauro." |
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