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222 Appendix, 8.
crests into the valleys, not observing that we have made the
loaded hills themselves barren for ever.
Finally: I hold it for indisputable, that the first duty of a
state is to see that every child born therein shall be well housed,
clothed, fed, and educated, till it attain years of discretion. But
in order to the effecting this, the government must have an
authority over the people of which we now do not so much as
dream; and I cannot in this place pursue the subject farther.
8. EARLY VENETIAN MARRIAGES.
Galliciolli, lib. ii. § 1757, insinuates a doubt of the general
custom, saying " it would be more reasonable to suppose that
only twelve maidens were married in public on St. Mark's day;"
and Sandi also speaks of twelve only. All evidence, however,
is clearly in favor of the popular tradition; the most curious fact
connected with the subject being the mention, by Herodotus, of
the mode of marriage practised among the Illyrian " Veneti" of
his time, who presented their maidens for marriage on one day
in each year; and, with the price paid for those who were beautiful, gave dowries to those who had no personal attractions.
It is very curious to find the traces of this custom existing,
though in a softened form, in Christian times. Still, I admit
that there is little confidence to be placed in the mere concurrence of the Venetian Chroniclers, who, for the most part, copied
from each other: but the best and most complete account I have
read, is that quoted by Galliciolli from the " Matricola de' Oas-
seleri," written in 1449; and, in that account, the words are
quite unmistakable. "It was anciently the custom of Venice,
that all the brides (novizze) of Yenice, when they married, should
be married by the bishop, in the Church of S. Pietro di Castello,
on St. Mark's day, which is the 31st of January. Rogers quotes
Navagiero to the same effect; and Sansovino is more explicit
still. " It was the custom to contract marriages openly; and
when the deliberations were completed, the damsels assembled
themselves in St. Pietro di Castello, for the feast of St. Mary, in
February."
| 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 | 00000240 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 222 Appendix, 8. crests into the valleys, not observing that we have made the loaded hills themselves barren for ever. Finally: I hold it for indisputable, that the first duty of a state is to see that every child born therein shall be well housed, clothed, fed, and educated, till it attain years of discretion. But in order to the effecting this, the government must have an authority over the people of which we now do not so much as dream; and I cannot in this place pursue the subject farther. 8. EARLY VENETIAN MARRIAGES. Galliciolli, lib. ii. § 1757, insinuates a doubt of the general custom, saying " it would be more reasonable to suppose that only twelve maidens were married in public on St. Mark's day;" and Sandi also speaks of twelve only. All evidence, however, is clearly in favor of the popular tradition; the most curious fact connected with the subject being the mention, by Herodotus, of the mode of marriage practised among the Illyrian " Veneti" of his time, who presented their maidens for marriage on one day in each year; and, with the price paid for those who were beautiful, gave dowries to those who had no personal attractions. It is very curious to find the traces of this custom existing, though in a softened form, in Christian times. Still, I admit that there is little confidence to be placed in the mere concurrence of the Venetian Chroniclers, who, for the most part, copied from each other: but the best and most complete account I have read, is that quoted by Galliciolli from the " Matricola de' Oas- seleri," written in 1449; and, in that account, the words are quite unmistakable. "It was anciently the custom of Venice, that all the brides (novizze) of Yenice, when they married, should be married by the bishop, in the Church of S. Pietro di Castello, on St. Mark's day, which is the 31st of January. Rogers quotes Navagiero to the same effect; and Sansovino is more explicit still. " It was the custom to contract marriages openly; and when the deliberations were completed, the damsels assembled themselves in St. Pietro di Castello, for the feast of St. Mary, in February." |
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