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In the Museo's restored 13th- to 16th-century mosaic fragments, the Prophet
Abraham is all ears and raised eyebrows, as though scandalised by Venetian gos-
sip. On an interior balcony, Salviati's restored 1542-52 mosaic of the Virgin's fam-
ily tree shows Mary's ancestors perched on branches, alternately chatting and ig-
noring one another, as families do. Hidden over the side altar is the
doge's ban-
quet hall
, where dignitaries wined and dined among lithe stucco figures of Music,
Poetry and Peace.
