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Five Italian shrines; an account of the monumental tombs of S. Augustine at Pavia, S. Dominic at Bologna, S. Peter Martyr at Milan, S. Donato at Arezzo, and of Orcagna's tabernacolo at Florence, with a prefatory essay on Tuscan sculpture (1906)

Waters, W. G. (William George), 1844-1928 · London : J. Murray · leaf 124

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fu denominata Niccolodell Urna. It is not unlikely that the commission was givento Niccola in the first instance, and he probablydrew the designs for the lower part and for theseveral bas-reliefs. Padre Marchese, in hisMemoire degli Artisti Domenicani,2 goes fartherand credits Niccola with the… … — fi 3 *v « £Qf. AUTHORSHIP OF THE TOMB 91 distinctly inferior. The association of Fra Gugli-elmo with Niccola in the execution of S. Dominicstomb is suggested by the publication of an extractfrom the archives of the Convent of S. Caterinaat Pisa given in the Archivio Storico Italiano :l Hie…

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