The Last Judgement – Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York

The exterior of the west facade of the basilica is divided in three registers: lower, upper, and domes. In the lower register of the façade, five round-arched portals, enveloped by polychrome marble columns, open into the narthex through bronze-fashioned doors. The lower level of mosaics in the lunettes of the lateral ogee arches has scenes showing the history of the relics of Saint Mark from right to left fill the lunettes of the lateral portals.

The Mosaics in the five bays of the lower part. Commencing with the last bay on the spectator’s right.

1. The conveying of the Body of Saint Mark from the city of Alexandria in Egypt.
2. Its arrival in Venice.
3. In the spandrel above the central doorway: The Last Judgement
4. The Doge and Senators in the act of receiving the Body of Saint Mark
5. The body of the saint carried in procession into the church built in his honour