[46] “1362, die iv. Dec. Quia est magnus honor civitatis providere quod sala magna majoris consilii nova non vadat in tantam desolationem in quantam vadit cum notabili damno nostri communis: et sicut clare comprehendi potest, leviter potest compleri, et reduci ad terminum, quod satis bene stabit cum non magna quantitate pecuniæ; vadit pars quod dicta sala nova compleri debeat,” &c. &c.--Decree in Zanotto, i. 72. [47] Mr. Burges, in his account of the capitals, ‘Annales Archéologiques,’ vol. xvii. pp. 74-88. [48] The capitals which are replicas of each other are the 4th and 35th, the 7th and 28th, the 8th and 31st, the 9th and 29th, the 10th and 30th, the 11th and 34th, the 12th and 33rd, the 15th and 26th. The 25th, 27th, 32nd, and 36th (north-east angle) are original, though they are in the northern portion of the Piazzetta-front. See Appendix, with key-plan. [49] The similar marble facing at Vicenza was executed between 1400 and 1444. See p. 130. [50] Published by Mr. Parker, of Oxford, to whose courtesy I owe the use of this illustration. [51] See Appendix at the end of the volume. [52] I say “usual,” because it is really quite curious to see how repeatedly either the dog-tooth or the nail-head is used in this position. The commonest eaves-cornice consists of a simple chamfered stone--the chamfer covered with dog-tooth--supported on moulded corbels at short interval. [53] There is another traceried balcony in the canal near the Bridge of Sighs. It is the only other example I know in Venice. [54] They may be compared with the chevroned and spiral columns in the archway, leading from the north aisle into the baptistery of the Frari, erected between 1361 and 1396, which is probably about the date of the Ca’ d’Oro. [55] The Europa and Danieli’s. [56] This arrangement is not by any means unknown in Northern Europe, though certainly uncommon as compared with Italy, where it was almost universal. There is an example of the thirteenth century at Easby Abbey, Yorkshire, and another at Oakham Castle; whilst in France the ancient houses at Cluny all have it; and at Ratisbon, one of the most interesting cities in Germany, a great number of houses of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, of prodigious architectural interest, have it. [57] It was only so used in the Ducal Palace. [58] I _have_ heard a polka played by the organist in S. Mark’s! [59] I take these notes of Grado from ‘Mittelalterliche Kunstdenkmale des Oesterreichischen Kaiserstaates.’ Stuttgart. 1858. [60] It is to be seen, however, in the church of San Petronio, Bologna. [61] See for an engraving of this archivolt, Chapter XIV. p. 393. [62] The two transepts are so very similar, that it seemed unnecessary to engrave my sketches of both.