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San Marco, Byzantium, and the Myths of Venice Dumbarton Oaks Byzantine Symposia and Colloquia Series Editor Margaret Mullett Editorial Board John Duffy John Haldon Ioli Kalavrezou San Marco, Byzantium, and the Myths of Venice Edited by Henry Maguire and Robert S. Nelson Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection Washington, D.C. © 2010 by Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection Trustees for Harvard University, Washington, D.C. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. 15 14 13 12 11 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data San Marco, Byzantium, and the myths of Venice / edited by Henry Maguire and Robert S. Nelson. — 1st ed. p. cm. — (Dumbarton Oaks Byzantine symposia and colloquia) Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 978-0-88402-360-9 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Art—Political aspects—Italy—Venice. 2. Basilica di San Marco (Venice, Italy) 3. Decoration and ornament, Architectural—Italy—Venice. 4. Art, Medieval—Italy—Venice. 5. Art, Byzantine—Influence. I. Maguire, Henry, 1943– II. Nelson, Robert S., 1947– n72.p6s26 2010 726.50945’311—dc22 2010001945 www.doaks.org/publications Designed and typeset by Barbara Haines jacket images: Frontcover, Constantinopolitan sculpture on the south side of San Marco, photo courtesy of Rob Nelson; back cover, Lorenzo Bastiani, Piazzetta de San Marco, ca. 1487, courtesy of the Museo Correr, Venice. coNteNtS plan of san marco vi acknowledgments viii Introduction 1 Henry Maguire and Robert S. Nelson 1 Disiecta membra: Ranieri Zeno, the Imitation of Constantinople, the Spolia Style, and Justice at San Marco 7 Fabio Barry 2 The History of Legends and the Legends of History: The Pilastri Acritani in Venice 63 Robert S.
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