Rogue Sword, PROLOGUE, Continued

Rogue Sword, PROLOGUE.

Lucas hides among looted marble, including a fluted column and a frieze of centaurs.

"...the saints are being most helpful." (p. 13)

Again, saints like gods.

Lucas refers to "'...the dome of St. Mark's.'" (ibid.) (What he says about it is another matter.)

Two grossi are a tenth of a ducat. (p. 14) Thus, one ducat must have been twenty grossi as, in my memory, twenty shillings were one pound. We remember ducats from Shakespeare's The Merchant Of Venice. In the lower image, a gold ducat of Doge Michele Steno shows:

the Doge kneeling before St. Mark;
Christ among stars.

Lucas questions the servant of a knight of Aragon. Then, having stunned and bound the servant, he hides him in an entablature (p. 15) and takes his, the servant's, place on a ship.

Each galley has a "...lateen-sailed mast." (ibid.) The convoy sets out into the Adriatic Sea.