A DETAIL 01^ ONL OP THE; ENTRANCES TO ST. MARk's CATHEDRAL : VENICE 



It was in connection with the building and adornment of St. Mark's that the art of mo- 

 saic first came to Venice. With the mosaists came other artists, and on the island of INIurano 

 various Byzantine craftsmen began working, transferring something of the spirit of Sancta 

 Sophia to St. Mark's of Venice, the "Queen of the Sea." 



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