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A stained glass tour in Italy (1913)

Sherrill, Charles Hitchock, 1867- · London, John Lane; New York, The John Lane Company; [etc., etc.] · leaf 151

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Maria Novella. Over yonder on thoseheights of far Fiesole are the very gardens towhich Boccaccios gay and heartless companywithdrew from the plague-stricken town belowthem, and listened and laughed the awfiil hoursaway. They still smile at us across the valley ofthe Arno, but this memory puts a… … San Miniato Francesco al Monte. Along the sides of thenave are modest chapels above whose altars isa series of small rectangular windows of interest.Over the doorway in the south side is a pleasantbit of glazing, whose donor is disclosed by theappearance of the Peruzzi arms, the pears withthe leafy…

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