Two of them are "arrow" buttons to go to the previous or next page. Other significant features on the page may also be represented by a phrase in square brackets.Īn underlined word or phrase represents a link to a comment or explanatory note, which is opened in a separate window (see below).Īt the top and bottom of each transcription page is a set of buttons. The notation "" represents a significant gap in the text, perhaps where Ruskin had left space to insert a sheet or page number, but then omitted to do so. Non-textual elements in the text, such as drawings and diagrams, are represented by "" or "". Indecipherable words are represented as a question mark in square brackets, thus "". Unclear words are represented followed by a question mark and enclosed in square brackets, thus "". The text can be scrolled horizontally or vertically if necessary. Here is the transcription of notebook M pages 47L and 47, with 47L on the left and 47 on the right. Thus, Door book begins i (Front board), iiL and ii (Front pastedown and Front free endpaper recto), iiiL and iii (Front free endpaper verso and Next page recto), 1L and 1, and so on and ends 59L and 59, ivL and iv (Back free endpaper verso and Back pastedown), iv (Back board).Įntry to a notebook is to the opening which was numbered 1 by Ruskin there will generally be some front matter earlier in the notebook. Provisionally, we have numbered these openings in small Roman numbers from i upwards, where i is the front board. ![]() There are generally a number of pages at each end of a notebook which Ruskin has left unnumbered. ![]() Similarly Ruskin has renumbered the last few openings of Bit book 1w to 24w. In some cases Ruskin has partially renumbered a notebook from the other end thus, Ruskin has numbered the last few openings of notebook M2 1 to 31, specified in this edition as 1back to 31back for clarity. In some cases this numbering sequence breaks down - for example, Bit book has no opening numbered 26, and openings numbered 35a and 35b between openings 34 and 36. Thus opening 43 of notebook M has page 47L on the left (i.e. Ruskin generally numbered the openings of a notebook from 1 upwards, distinguishing the left-hand page of the opening with a lower case ‘l’ where necessary - in this edition a capital ‘L’ is generally used for clarity. The transcripts of Ruskin’s Venetian notebooks are presented in this edition as a sequence of page openings. ![]() Javascript and cookies need to be switched on. Ruskin Venetian Notebooks Notes How to use this editionĪccess to this material is with a suitable browser such as Mozilla Firefox or Internet Explorer.
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