Lives of the most eminent painters, sculptors & architects (1912)
Vasari, Giorgio, 1511-1574, De Vere, Gaston du C · London, Macmillan and co. ld. & The Medici society, ld. · leaf 430
dations were begun for a part of thatchurch, altogether twenty-two canne* in length. But, there being notenough space, and yet wishing to make the fagade of the church in linewith the houses of the Strada Giulia, they were obliged to stretch outinto the stream of the Tiber at least fifteen canne;… … Alinari MARS AND NEPTUNE(After Jacopo Sansovino. Venice: Ducal Palace) JACOPO SANSOVINO 197 upon it more than forty thousand crowns, which would have been enoughto build half the masonry of the church. In the meantime Sansovino, who was the head of this fabric, whilethe foundations were being laid…
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