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Cathedral cities of Italy (1911)

Collins, W. W., 1862- · London : W. Heinemann ; New York : Dodd, Mead · leaf 380

An illustration from Cathedral cities of Italy, 1911, leaf 380
the font inwhich S. Francis was baptized, and two goodstatues of white marble, one of S. Francis, theother of S. Chiara. Assisi is distinctly a sun-baked city ; and built orlocal warm-coloured stone, it looks almost on firewhen the rays of the setting sun light up its walls,its roofs, and its… … ASSISI is inside the building. The street under the houseson the left leads to the Roman theatre, and on theright one proceeds to the church of S. Chiara.The mummified body of S. Clare still rests in thecrypt; and the Crucifix which spoke to GiovanniBernardone in the church of S. Damiano is in…

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