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The builders of Florence (1907)

Brown, J. Wood (James Wood) · New York, E.P. Dutton and company · leaf 156

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but, with the coming of this new Art,she learned to card and spin and weave importedwool to a high standard, so that the cloth whichCalimala sent abroad was now of home manufacture. It is easyto see how this change helped the city ; not only giving newemployment to her people, but bringing larger… … 136 THE BUILDERS OF FLORENCE Convent of Ognissanti a more original and monumental recordof the wool industry of Florence than even the Palagio della Lanaitself could supply. With this understanding of the matter, letus inquire who these Frati were ; how they built their Church atFlorence ; and what…

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