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Florence and her treasures (1911)

Vaughan, Herbert M. (Herbert Millingchamp), 1870-1948 · New York, The Macmillan Company · leaf 407

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fine view, embracingthe mountains and the valley of the Arno. San Domenico, a small village in the commune ofFiesole, possesses a Dominican convent founded byBishop Altoviti of Fiesole and built at the opening of thefifteenth century. It is celebrated throughout the worldowing to its connexion with… … FIESOLE 293 but it is rarely open save early in the morning. Theinterior formerly contained many important works byFra Angelico, but all have been dispersed, with theexception of the altar-piece of the choir, a triptych re-presenting a Santa Conversazione. Another altar-piece, theBaptism of Christ,…

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