Brown, J. Wood (James Wood) · New York, E.P. Dutton and company · leaf 222
panile, Mastra Petrunillastill sits diligent as in the days when Giotto set her there ; but,alas, the marble stillness of her loom is a parable of life, makingher a kind of Florentine melancholia. And the Tuscan who worksa occhio e ci-oce, or tells how he has found the bandolo della matassa,how… … CHAPTER IV THE FACADE OF SANTA MARIA NOVELLAAND THE RUCELLAI ALL that is known of this remarkable monument, as regardsthe making- of it, shall here be told as briefly as possible.In 1279 the Cardinal Latino laid the foundation stoneof new works at Santa Maria Novella. Hitherto thatChurch had…
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