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Chronological sequence is obviously important to any notion of development, and to that extent Ruskin is interested in dates. There are notes on dates from Lindsay (Lindsay (1847)) and Zanotto (Zanotto (1847)).
Notes from Lindsay on the dating of Italian Gothic in Florence - Notebook M2 p.14.
Dates of churches taken from Zanotto: St Simeon Profeta, S. Giacomo dell'Orio, SS Giovanni e Paolo, Frari, Carmini, S. Stefano, St Alvise, Madonna dell’ Orto, San Gregorio - Notebook M2 p.10.
Notes from Zanotto (apparently continued from Notebook M2 p.10) on date and style of Madonna dell’ Orto, San Nicolo, Santa Caterina, Sant’ Apollinare, San Giobbe, San Zaccaria, San Giovanni in Bragora, Sant’ Andrea, Santa Maria dei Miracoli, and the Bridge of Sighs Notebook M2 pp.31-2.
Notes on dates and styles of houses taken from Zanotto in the chronological order proposed by Zanotto, Notebook M2 pp.32-35, though sometimes Ruskin’s reading seems careless as in the case of the 10th house.
Gally Knight (Gally Knight (1844)) and Selvatico (Selvatico (1847)) are quoted on the dating of Torcello Duomo at Notebook M2 p.20 and Notebook M2 p.20L.
Tombs are often dated and provide another source for relating chronological sequence, architectural form, and moral judgments about the occupant of the tomb or the circumstances in which it was made.
The Ducal Palace was central to the definition of Venetian Gothic. Ruskin was therefore concerned to fix as securely as he could the dates for its building and rebuilding.
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