. Brick and marble in the middle ages: notes of tours in the north of Italy . nguished from the Komanesque, a cross whosearms are not far from equal, covered by a series of cupolas,one in the centre, one to each of the three eastern arms, andtwo to the western—with aisles to the nave and choir, and acloister round the north, west, and south sides of the nave, ofwhich the two former are the porches, and the latter thebaptistery of the church.^ Under the eastern limb of the cross is a crypt, which hasin recent years been opened and drained, and is now alwaysopen to inspection. This is divided un
. Brick and marble in the middle ages: notes of tours in the north of Italy . nguished from the Komanesque, a cross whosearms are not far from equal, covered by a series of cupolas,one in the centre, one to each of the three eastern arms, andtwo to the western—with aisles to the nave and choir, and acloister round the north, west, and south sides of the nave, ofwhich the two former are the porches, and the latter thebaptistery of the church.^ Under the eastern limb of the cross is a crypt, which hasin recent years been opened and drained, and is now alwaysopen to inspection. This is divided under the choir into The dimensions are worth giving to show liow little this church owes tomere size. It is 245 feet long, 201 feet across tlu triinsept, and 170 feet acrossthe west front. Tiic height of tlie central eiiiiula is 90 feet, ami that of thewest front 72 feet. 156 VENICE. [Chap. VIII. five aisles in width by a multitude of small shafts carryingqiladripartite vaults, and in the centre of which just underthe choir altar, is the shrine of S. Mark. Another apse is. GROUND PLAN—S. MARK, VENICE. formed under the south aisle of the choir, and under thenorth aisle is a corresponding crypt save that there is noapse to it. Much modernized as this has been in the course ofrej)air, and entirely devoid of all colour or decoration as it is,it is still full of character, and adds largely to the interestof the church. If we return to the nave, we shall find that it is notonly in general effect it is so very worthy of admiration; itstill retains much of its old furniture, and in spite of a fewmodern mosaics, and one or two more modern altars, is lessaltered in its general eflfect since the fourteenth century Chap. VIII.] S. MARK. 157 tlian any great church that I have ever seen. The screenbetween the nave and choir with the ambons on either sideof it first deserve notice. The screen is mainly a work ofA. D. 1394.^ It consists of a series of columns carrying aflat lintel or cornic
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