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H. PRIDE OF STATE. II. ROMAN RENAISSANCE. 93
the resurrection down to earth, " Hie revixit;" and it seems
impossible for false taste and base feeling to sink lower. Yet
even this monument is surpassed by one in St. John and Paul.
§ lxxxiii. But before we pass to this, the last with which I
shall burden the reader's attention, let us for a moment, and
that we may feel the contrast more forcibly, return to a tomb
of the early times.
In a dark niche in the outer wall of the outer corridor of
St. Mark's—not even in the church, observe, but in the
atrium or porch of it, and on the north side of the church,—•
is a solid sarcophagus of white marble, raised only about two
feet from the ground on four stunted square pillars. Its lid
is a mere slab of stone; on its extremities are sculptured two
crosses ; in front of it are two rows of rude figures, the uppermost representing Christ with the Apostles : the lower row is
of six figures only, alternately male and female, holding up
their hands in the usual attitude of benediction ; the sixth is
smaller than the rest, and the midmost of the other five has a
glory round its head. I cannot tell the meaning of these
figures, but between them are suspended censers attached to
crosses; a most beautiful symbolic expression of Christ's
mediatorial function. The whole is surrounded by a rude
wreath of vine leaves, proceeding out of the foot of a cross.
On the bar of marble which separates the two rows of
figures are inscribed these words :
" Here lies the Lord Marin Morosini, Duke."
It is the tomb of the Doge Marino Morosini, who reigned
from 1249 to 1252.
§ lxxxiv. From before this rude and solemn sepulchre let
us" pass to the southern aisle of the church of St. John and
Paul; and there, towering from the pavement to the vaulting
of the church, behold a mass of marble, sixty or seventy feet
in height, of mingled yellow and white, the yellow carved into
the form of an enormous curtain, with ropes, fringes, and
tassels, sustained by cherubs; in front of which, in the now
usual stage attitudes, advance the statues of the Doge Bertuc-
| Title | The stones of Venice - 3 |
| Creator | Ruskin, John |
| Publisher | J. Wiley |
| Place of Publication | New York |
| Date | 1889 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000107 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | H. PRIDE OF STATE. II. ROMAN RENAISSANCE. 93 the resurrection down to earth, " Hie revixit;" and it seems impossible for false taste and base feeling to sink lower. Yet even this monument is surpassed by one in St. John and Paul. § lxxxiii. But before we pass to this, the last with which I shall burden the reader's attention, let us for a moment, and that we may feel the contrast more forcibly, return to a tomb of the early times. In a dark niche in the outer wall of the outer corridor of St. Mark's—not even in the church, observe, but in the atrium or porch of it, and on the north side of the church,—• is a solid sarcophagus of white marble, raised only about two feet from the ground on four stunted square pillars. Its lid is a mere slab of stone; on its extremities are sculptured two crosses ; in front of it are two rows of rude figures, the uppermost representing Christ with the Apostles : the lower row is of six figures only, alternately male and female, holding up their hands in the usual attitude of benediction ; the sixth is smaller than the rest, and the midmost of the other five has a glory round its head. I cannot tell the meaning of these figures, but between them are suspended censers attached to crosses; a most beautiful symbolic expression of Christ's mediatorial function. The whole is surrounded by a rude wreath of vine leaves, proceeding out of the foot of a cross. On the bar of marble which separates the two rows of figures are inscribed these words : " Here lies the Lord Marin Morosini, Duke." It is the tomb of the Doge Marino Morosini, who reigned from 1249 to 1252. § lxxxiv. From before this rude and solemn sepulchre let us" pass to the southern aisle of the church of St. John and Paul; and there, towering from the pavement to the vaulting of the church, behold a mass of marble, sixty or seventy feet in height, of mingled yellow and white, the yellow carved into the form of an enormous curtain, with ropes, fringes, and tassels, sustained by cherubs; in front of which, in the now usual stage attitudes, advance the statues of the Doge Bertuc- |
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