. The story of Verona . colouring—at least, as far as canbe made out at such a distance—the school of GianBellini and the great early Venetian masters. From the little church of S. Giovanni in Fonte weturn away to the left, and keeping always in thatdirection, having gone round a corner or two, wereach the cloisters of the cathedral. They recall insome way those of St Zeno, though not altogethersimilar in arrangement. Here the bases and capitalsare united, each pair as at St Zeno being cut out of asingle block, while on the side nearest the church thepillars are double—an effect that is remark
. The story of Verona . colouring—at least, as far as canbe made out at such a distance—the school of GianBellini and the great early Venetian masters. From the little church of S. Giovanni in Fonte weturn away to the left, and keeping always in thatdirection, having gone round a corner or two, wereach the cloisters of the cathedral. They recall insome way those of St Zeno, though not altogethersimilar in arrangement. Here the bases and capitalsare united, each pair as at St Zeno being cut out of asingle block, while on the side nearest the church thepillars are double—an effect that is remarkably beautifuland striking. >57 The Story of Verona The Duomo forms a centre around which clustersmuch that is interesting, though the time for investigat-ing these various sights will not in reality take the Piazza on the left hand side facing the chiefportal stands the Biblioteca Capitolare, a library be-longing to the Duomo, and containing some 18,000volumes in all. The date of some of the treasures. DETAIL OF SIDE DUOR OF DUOMO, VERONA contained here is what constitutes the vaue of thislibrary, and enhances its worth and interest to anuntold extent. It is said to be even superior to theVatican as to the number of the old codexes which itpossesses ; and which — not including fragments ofthe fourth century—date from the fifth to the ninthcenturies. It was here that Petrarch discovered the158 SurroiindiJigs of the Diiomo letters of Cicero. Niebuhr brought to light tiic institu-tions of Gains, compiled in the reign of Caracalla ; and menot letters of all nations and languages find scope here forresearch and labour. The value of these codexes isincalculable. The greater part are membranous, manyof them being palimpsests, others being written in purplehaving the sacred names inscribed in gold and silver,and all of them offering fields of discovery whereofstudents (many from England but more still fromGermany) are not slow to take advantage. Thislibrary contai
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