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APPENDIX. 16

THE CAPITALS OF THE DUCAL PALACE: LIST OF SUBJECTS

[The numbering of the sides in this table follows that adopted in the text (see above, p. 386); that is to say, side 1 is the front, facing either the sea or the Piazzetta, and the others are counted from the spectator’s right to left. Generally this way of counting the sides follows the order see, for instance, Capitals 22 and 25. In the case, however, of Capital No. 1, the order of subjects is not that of Ruskin’s numbering. It s begin with the east and goes round from left to right. Thus read, the general subject seems to be the growth or development of man:-Side 1 (2 in the text), habies; side 2 (1), a child; side 3 (6), a youth with comb and scissors, but no beard; side 4 (5), a young man with razor for th side 5 (4), middle age; side 6 (3), old age. The subjects as given in this table are made to correspond with the existing capitals, in accordance with the alterations or restorations noted below the text. Capitals Nos. 1-6 are now open all round, the restoration described in the preceding Appendix having made it possible to remove the brick-work with which, since 1577, these arches had been filled. The first capital, however, has only six sides; the east side embraces what are the east, south-east, and north-east sides on the following capitals; it is a long stretch in line with the east façade of the Palace.]

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