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There are eight chalices, all of the fourteenth or fifteenth century, damaged by an inexpert goldsmith who had them to repair, with nielli or enamel grounds to the medallions, and good foliage in relief; two arms of S. Doimus, richly set with gems and precious stones among filigree; a good late fourteenth-century head of S. Giovanni Elemosinario; a morse of the same period, with gems and nielli; a fifteenth-century pax of gilded brass; and several interesting and very early crosses, probably of the eighth or ninth century, some even earlier.
The noble altar-piece in the church of S. Giovanni Elemosinario at Venice showing the saint of that name enthroned, and giving alms to a beggar, belongs to the close of 1533 or thereabouts, since the high-altar was finished in the month of October of that year.
From all the restlessness and turmoil of these markets there is escape in the church of S. Giovanni Elemosinario, a few yards along the Ruga Vecchia di San Giovanni on the left. Here one may sit and rest and collect one's thoughts and then look at a fine rich altar-piece by Pordenone S. Sebastian, S. Rocco, and S. Catherine. The lion of the church is a Titian, but it is not really visible.
Howells S. Giovanni Crisostomo Piombo and Giorgione A Sacristan artist Marino Faliero's house SS. Apostoli and Tiepolo Venetian skittles A broad walk Filled in canals The Rialto Bridge S. Giacomo di Rialto The two Ghettos The Rialto hunchback Vegetables and fruits The fish market Symmetrical irony S. Giovanni Elemosinario A busy thoroughfare Old books The convivial gondoliers.
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