way somewhat startling to the state, by his absconding with a French
priest to St. Michael's, in Gascony, and there becoming a monk. What
repairs, therefore, were necessary to the Ducal Palace, were left to
be undertaken by his son, Orseolo II., above named.

[105] "Quam non modo marmoreo, verum aureo compsit
ornamento."--_Temanza_, p. 25.

[106] "L'anno 1106, uscito fuoco d'una casa privata, arse parte del
palazzo."--_Sansovino_. Of the beneficial effect of these fires,
vide Cadorin, p. 121, 123.

[107] "Urbis situm, aedificiorum decorem, et regiminis aequitatem
multipliciter commendavit."--_Cronaca Dandolo_, quoted by Cadorin.

[108] "Non solamente rinovo il palazzo, ma lo aggrandi per ogni
verso."--_Sansovino_. Zanotto quotes the Altinat Chronicle for
account of these repairs.

[109] "El palazzo che anco di mezzo se vede vecchio, per M.
Sebastian Ziani fu fatto compir, come el se vede."--_Chronicle of
Pietro Dolfino_, Cod. Ven. p. 47. This Chronicle is spoken of by
Sansovino as "molto particolare e distinta."--_Sansovino, Venezia
descritta_, p. 593.--It terminates in the year 1422.

[110] See Vol. I. Appendix 3.

[111] Vide Sansovino's enumeration of those who flourished in the
reign of Gradenigo, p. 564.

[112] Sansovino, 324, 1.

[113] "1301 fu presa parte di fare una sala grande per la riduzione
del gran consiglio, e fu fatta quella che ora si chiama dello
Scrutinio."--_Cronaca Sivos_, quoted by Cadorin. There is another
most interesting entry in the Chronicle of Magno, relating to this
event; but the passage is so ill written, that I am not sure if I
have deciphered it correctly:--"Del 1301 fu preso de fabrichar la
sala fo ruina e fu fata (fatta) quella se adoperava a far el pregadi
e fu adopera per far el Gran Consegio fin 1423, che fu anni 122."
This last sentence, which is of great importance, is luckily
unmistakable:--"The room was used for the meetings of the Great
Council until 1423, that is to say, for 122 years."--_Cod. Ven_.
tom. i. p. 126. The Chronicle extends from 1253 to 1454.

[114] "Vi era appresso la Cancellaria, e la Gheba o Gabbia, chiamata
poi Torresella."--P. 324. A small square tower is seen above the
Vine angle in the view of Venice dated 1500, and attributed to
Albert Durer. It appears about 25 feet square, and is very probably
the Torresell