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202 APPENDIX, 1.
against any one who should break it. Then the Doge, wishing
to set forward the public good, said to the Signory, . . .
that they ought to rebuild the facades of the old palace, and
that it ought to be restored, to do honor to the nation: and so
soon as he had done speaking, the Avogadori demanded the
penalty from the Doge, for having disobeyed the law ; and the
Doge with ready mind paid it, remaining in his opinion that
the said fabric ought to be built. And so, in the year 1422, on
the 20th day of September, it was passed in the Council of the
Pregadi that the said new palace should be begun, and the expense should be borne by the Signori del Sal; and so, on the
24th day of March, 1424, it was begun to throw down the old
palace, and to build it anew."—Cadorin, p. 1-29.
The day of the month, and the council in which the decree
was passed, are erroneously given by this Chronicle. Cadorin
has printed the words of the decree itself, which passed in the
Great Council on the 27th September: and these words are,
fortunately, much to our present purpose. For as more than
one facade is spoken of in the above extract, the Marchese Selvatico was induced to believe that both the front to the sea and
that to the Piazzetta had been destroyed ; whereas, the " facades"
spoken of are evidently those of the Ziani Palace. For the
words of the decree (which are much more trustworthy than
those of the Chronicle, even if there were any inconsistency between them) run thus : " Palatium nostrum fabricetur et fiat in
forma decora et convenienti, quod respondeat solemnissimo prin-
cipio palatii nostri novi." Thus the new council chamber and
facade to the sea are called the l( most venerable beginning of
our New Palace;" and the rest was ordered to be designed in
accordance with these, as was actually the case as far as the
Porta della Carta. But the Renaissance architects who thenceforward proceeded with the fabric, broke through the design,
and built everything else according to their own humors.
The question may be considered as set at rest by these words
of the decree, even without any internal or any farther documentary evidence. But rather for the sake of impressing the
facts thoroughly on the reader's mind, than of any additional
proof, I shall quote a few more of the best accredited Chronicles.
| 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 | 00000220 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 202 APPENDIX, 1. against any one who should break it. Then the Doge, wishing to set forward the public good, said to the Signory, . . . that they ought to rebuild the facades of the old palace, and that it ought to be restored, to do honor to the nation: and so soon as he had done speaking, the Avogadori demanded the penalty from the Doge, for having disobeyed the law ; and the Doge with ready mind paid it, remaining in his opinion that the said fabric ought to be built. And so, in the year 1422, on the 20th day of September, it was passed in the Council of the Pregadi that the said new palace should be begun, and the expense should be borne by the Signori del Sal; and so, on the 24th day of March, 1424, it was begun to throw down the old palace, and to build it anew."—Cadorin, p. 1-29. The day of the month, and the council in which the decree was passed, are erroneously given by this Chronicle. Cadorin has printed the words of the decree itself, which passed in the Great Council on the 27th September: and these words are, fortunately, much to our present purpose. For as more than one facade is spoken of in the above extract, the Marchese Selvatico was induced to believe that both the front to the sea and that to the Piazzetta had been destroyed ; whereas, the " facades" spoken of are evidently those of the Ziani Palace. For the words of the decree (which are much more trustworthy than those of the Chronicle, even if there were any inconsistency between them) run thus : " Palatium nostrum fabricetur et fiat in forma decora et convenienti, quod respondeat solemnissimo prin- cipio palatii nostri novi." Thus the new council chamber and facade to the sea are called the l( most venerable beginning of our New Palace;" and the rest was ordered to be designed in accordance with these, as was actually the case as far as the Porta della Carta. But the Renaissance architects who thenceforward proceeded with the fabric, broke through the design, and built everything else according to their own humors. The question may be considered as set at rest by these words of the decree, even without any internal or any farther documentary evidence. But rather for the sake of impressing the facts thoroughly on the reader's mind, than of any additional proof, I shall quote a few more of the best accredited Chronicles. |
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