I Think I Now Know Why There are Exactly Thirty Five 'Fruit' on the Backrest of the Throne of St Mark - It's Pythagorean

"the number six was an ancient symbol of marriage, being formed by the multiplication of 3, the male, with 2, the female number; and from this cause it was named Conciliation, because it links or conciliates, by such involution, male and female into one body, husband and wife.  And the Pythagoreans extended the influence of this number to the periods of gestation. They contended that "generally there are two kinds of births ; one lesser, of seven months, which comes into the world 207 days after conception, the other great, of ten months which is brought forth in the 274th day. The first and lesser is chiefly contained in the number six ; for the two first periods of 6 and 8 days make the first concord, diatessaron ; the third period is of 9 days, in which time it is made flesh ; these to the first 6 are in sesquialtera proportion, and make the second concord, diapente.  Then follow 12 days more, in which the body is fully formed ; these to the same 6 consist in duple proportion, and make the diatessaron concord. These four numbers, 6, 8, 9, 12, added together, make 35 days. It is not without reason, therefore, that the number six is the foundation of generation, for the Greeks call it Teleion, or perfect, because its three parts, 1/6 and 1/3 and 1/2 (i.e. 1, 2, 3), make it perfect.  The above 35 being multiplied by 6 make 210 days, in which the maturity is fulfilled." [Stanley, Pythagoras p. 106]