Venezia - Basilica di S. Marco. Uno dei Pilastri portati da S. Giovanni d'Acri (VI Secolo)(Ed.ne Alinari) P.e I.a N. 12364

Detail of the capital and shaft of the two so-called “Pillars of Acre”, now in front of St. Mark's Basilica, in Venice. The pilasters, bearing a rich phytomorphic decoration (acanthus, vine and grapes, palms, rosettes), originally derived from the Church of St. Polyeuctus in Constantinople (see the monogram on the pillar), built by the noblewoman Anicia Juliana.