o the Arsenal. Noticed by Lazari and Selvatico as having a very
interesting staircase. It is early Gothic, circa 1330, but not a whit
more interesting than many others of similar date and design. See
"Contarini Porta de Ferro," "Morosini," "Sanudo," and "Minelli."

BENEDETTO, CAMPO OF ST. Do not fail to see the superb, though
partially ruinous, Gothic palace fronting this little square. It is
very late Gothic, just passing into Renaissance; unique in Venice, in
masculine character, united with the delicacy of the incipient style.
Observe especially the brackets of the balconies, the flower-work on
the cornices, and the arabesques on the angles of the balconies
themselves.

BENEDETTO, CHURCH OF ST. Of no importance.

BERNARDO, PALAZZO, on the Grand Canal. A very noble pile of early
fifteenth century Gothic, founded on the Ducal Palace. The traceries
in its lateral windows are both rich and unusual.

BERNARDO, PALAZZO, at St. Polo. A glorious palace, on a narrow canal,
in a part of Venice now inhabited by the lower orders only. It is
rather late Central Gothic, circa 1380-1400, but of the finest kind,
and superb in its effect of color when seen from the side. A capital
in the interior court is much praised by Selvatico and Lazari, because
its "foglie d'acanto" (anything by the by, _but_ acanthus), "quasi
agitate de vento si attorcigliano d'intorno alla campana, _concetto
non indegno della bell'epoca greca_!" Does this mean "epoca
Bisantina?" The capital is simply a translation into Gothic sculpture
of the Byzantine ones of St. Mark's and the Fondaco de' Turchi (see
Plate VIII. Vol. I. fig. 14), and is far inferior to either. But,
taken as a whole, I think that, after the Ducal Palace, this is the
noblest in effect of all in Venice.

BRENTA, Banks of the, I. 354. Villas on the, I. 354.

BUSINELLO, CASA, II. 391.

BYZANTINE PALACES generally, II. 118.

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CAMERLENGHI, PALACE OF THE, beside the Rialto. A graceful work of the
early Renaissance (1525) passing into Roman Renaissance. Its details
are inferior to most of the work of the school. The "Camerlenghi,"
properly "Camerlenghi di Comune," were the three officers or ministers
who had care of the administration of public expenses.

CANCELLARIA, II. 293.

CANCIANO, CHURCH OF ST. Of no importance.

CAPPELLO, PALAZZO, at St. Aponal. Of no interest. Some say that Bian