 Comea next a clerk who holds a great cross all beautiful with gold, silver, and precious stones ; a second clerk carries the Gospels, and a third a silver censer, and all three are dressed in damask of gold. Then follow the twenty-two canons of S.  Venice: An Historical Sketch of the Republic - Page 145by Horatio Forbes Brown - 1895 - 434 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Clara Erskine Clement Waters - Venice - 1893 - 480 pages
...are dressed in damask of gold. Then follow the twentytwo canons of St. Mark in their robes, chanting. Behind the canons walks Monsignor the Doge, under...his hands. By the Doge's side is the Primiciero of St. Mark's, who wears a bishop's mitre; on his other side, the priest who shall chant the Mass. Monsignor... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1903 - 664 pages
...147-148: "Behind the canons walks Monsignor the Doge, under the umbrella which Monsiguor the apostle (ie the Pope) gave him ; the umbrella is of cloth of gold, and a lad bears it in his hands.' It was, too, after the homage of Barbarossa that "a sacramental complexion was given to the ancient... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1903 - 662 pages
...Doge, from the chronicle of an eye-witness in 1278, may be read in HF Brown's Venice, pp. 147-148 : " Behind the canons walks Monsignor the Doge, under the umbrella which Monsignor the apostle (ie the Pope) gave him ; the umbrella is of cloth of gold, and a lad bears it in his bands.' It was,... | |
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