SALVE · VENETIA

GLEANINGS
FROM VENETIAN HISTORY

BY

FRANCIS MARION CRAWFORD

WITH 225 ILLUSTRATIONS BY JOSEPH PENNELL

IN TWO VOLUMES

VOL. I

New York
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
LONDON: MACMILLAN & CO., Ltd.
1906

All rights reserved

Copyright, 1905,
By THE MACMILLAN COMPANY.

Set up and electrotyped. Published December, 1905. Reprinted
January, 1906.

Norwood Press
J. S. Cushing & Co.—Berwick & Smith Co.
Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.

		PAGE
	Salve Venetia!	1
I.	The Beginnings	9
II.	The Little Golden Age	24
III.	The Republic of Saint Mark	35
IV.	Venice under the Families of Partecipazio, Candiano, and Orseolo	55
V.	Venice and the First Crusades	93
VI.	Venice and Constantinople	124
VII.	The Fourteenth Century in Venice	160
VIII.	On Manners and Certain Customs in the Fourteenth Century	257
IX.	The Feast of the Maries	278
X.	The Doges in the Early Part of the Fourteenth Century	288
XI.	Conspiracy of Marino Faliero	309
XII.	The Successors of Marino Faliero	342
XIII.	Carlo Zeno	353
XIV.	The War of Chioggia	369
XV.	Venice in the Fifteenth Century	416
	The Doges of Venice	495
	Table of the Principal Dates in Venetian History	499
	Books consulted	501
INDEX: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, Z		507

ILLUSTRATIONS

PLATES
The Salute	Frontispiece
Evening in the Lagoon	To face page 4
Midnight, the Lagoon	“ 6
Hall of the Globes, Ducal Palace	“ 84
The Piazzetta	“117
A White Morning from S. Georgio. The Campanile, 1903	“179
When the Fishing Boats are in	“204
Clouds of Sunset	“207
Ponte Veneta Marina	“249
The Pulpit, St. Mark’s	“296
The Chapel of St. Mark’s	“300
A Rainy Night, The Rialto	“307
Door of the Treasury, St. Mark’s	“308
The Tombs in SS. Giovanni e Paolo	“338
The Nave, SS. Giovanni e Paolo	“340
The City in the Seas	“400
IN TEXT
	PAGE
From Outside the Lido	1
Rio della Pace	2
The Mists gather on the Lagoons	3
Looking towards St. George’s	8
The Custom-house, Venice	9
The Lights of the Lido	10
Chioggia	11
Bridge at Chioggia	13
The Cathedral at Murano	16
The Islands	23
The Approach from Mestre	24
Fish Baskets	34
Venice from the Lido	35
Shops near the Rialto	36
Grand Canal, near Rialto	39
A Water Door near S. Benedetto	45
Narrow Water Lane	48
On the Giudecca	50
The Steps of the Salute	53
The Riva at Night	55
St. Mark’s	57
A Chapel, St. Mark’s	59
The Porch, St. Mark’s	60
St. Mark’s	63
Door of St. Mark’s	67
From the Gallery, St. Mark’s	69
The Great Doorway, St. Mark’s	71
The Christ of St. Mark’s	75
A Shrine, St. Mark’s	77
The Great Window, St. Mark’s	81
Fishing Boats at the Riva	92
The Grand Canal from the Ca d’Oro	93
The Post Office	98
Off the Public Gardens	101
The Clock Tower	107
The Dogana and the Salute	115
Chioggia	119
S. Pietro in Castello	122
Ponte Malcantone	124
The Salute	129
Fondamenta S. Girolamo	137
Venice from the Lagoon	142
Campiello S. Giovanni	147
Campo, Santa Ternita	154
The House of Faliero, Ponte dei S. S. Apostoli	160
The Tiepolo Palace	161
Boats off the Public Garden	167
Court of Appeals, Grand Canal	168
The Flags flying in the Piazza	177
The Campanile	178
St. Theodore	182
S. Severo	187
S. Pietro in Castello	193
The Great Lamp, St. Mark’s	195
The Canarreggio	197
The House of the Spirits	198
S. Paolo	199
The Little Fish Market	203
Off the Public Gardens	209
Rio della Pieta	215
Rio S. Agostin	222
Rio Jena Seconda	227
Calle del Spezier	236
Rio di S. Pantaleone	246
The Abbazzia	257
A Campo	262
Rio della Panada	271
Fondamenta Marcotta	278
The Abbazzia	288
Campo S. Maria	290
S. Lorenzo	299
Rio S. Stin	305
Zattere, the Morning Mist	309
Calle Occhialera	313
Campo S. Maria Nova	320
Ponte e Fondamenta di Donna Onesta	327
Ramo della Scuola	331
Campo S. Agnello	342
The Three Bridges	353
Rio della Guerra	359
Rio Pertrin	363
Bridge at Chioggia	369
Street in Chioggia	372
The Shrine at Chioggia	373
The Salute, Night	376
Calle Casalli	383
Calle della Donazella	385
Campo S. Benedetto	389
The Horses over the Great Door, St. Mark’s	397
On the Giudecca	399
Rio S. Polo	403
Moonlight Night, S. M. dell’ Orto	409
The Carmine	416
Rio de S. Pantaleone	421
The Church of the Frari	425
Ponte Fiorenzola	435
Land Gateway, Palazzo Foscari	439
Palazzo Regina di Cipro	446
Ramo Corte della Vida, S. Francesco della Vida	455
The Frari	457
The Choir Screen, Frari	459
S. Rocco	461
Grand Canal looking to Canarreggio	467
Tombs in the Frari	475
Ca d’ Oro	481
Entrance to S. Zaccharia	487
The Piazzetta, Misty Morning	493

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