TORCELLO  , an See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island of See also:

• VENETIA

Venetia, See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy, in the lagoons about 6 m. to the N.W. of See also:

• VENICE
• VENICE (continued)
• VENICE (Venezia)

Venice, belonging to the See also:

• COMMUNE (Med. Lat. communia, Lat. communis, common)
• COMMUNE, MEDIEVAL

commune of See also:

• BURANO

Burano . It was a flourishing See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city in the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• MIDDLE

middle ages, but now has only a few houses and two interesting churches . The former See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral of S . Maria was founded in the 7th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . The See also:

• PRESENT

present See also:

• BUILDING

building, a See also:

• BASILICA

basilica with columns, See also:

• DATES

dates from 864; the See also:

• NAVE

nave was restored in Ioo8, in which See also:

• YEAR

year the now ruined octagonal See also:

• BAPTISTERY (Baptislerium, in the Greek Church 4wrurrilpiov)

baptistery was built . It contains large mosaics of the 12th century, strongly under See also:

• BYZANTINE

Byzantine See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence; those on the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west See also:

• WALL (O. Eng. weal, weall, Mid. Eng. wal, wane, adapted from Lat. vallum, rampart; the original O. Eng. word for a wall was wag or tenth)
• WALL, RICHARD (1694-1778)

wall represent the Resurrection and Last See also:

• JUDGMENT

Judgment . The seats for the priests are arranged See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round the semicircular See also:

• APSE
• APSE (Gr. alkir, a fastening, especially the felloe of a wheel; Lat. absis)

apse, rising in steps with the See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop's See also:

• THRONE

throne in the centre—an arrangement unique in Italy . See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

Close by is S . Fosca, a See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church of the 12th century, octagonal outside, with colonnades on five sides and a rectangular interior intended for a See also:

• DOME (Lat domus, house; Ital. duomo, cathedral)

dome which was never executed, beyond which is a three-apsed See also:

• CHOIR (0. Fr. cuer from Lat. chorus; pronounced quire, and until the end of the 17th century so spelt, the spelling being altered to agree with the Fr. chceur)

choir . In the See also:

• LOCAL

local museum are four Mycenaean vases, one found in the island and another on the adjacent island of Mazzorbo, proving See also:

• DIRECT

direct intercourse with the See also:

• AEGEAN

Aegean See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

Sea in prehistoric times . See R . M .

See also:

• DAWKINS, WILLIAM BOYD (1838– )

Dawkins, in See also:

• JOURNAL
• JOURNAL (through Fr. from late Lat. diurnalis, daily)

Journal of Hellenic Studies (1904), See also:

• XXIV

xxiv . 125 .