The golden days of the renaissance in Rome, from the pontificate of Julius II to that of Paul III (1906)
Lanciani, Rodolfo Amedeo, 1847-1929 · Boston; New York : Houghton, Mifflin and company · leaf 212
sters were obviously inadequate tostand the weight, he destroyed whatever obstacle l)arred hisway, to the great mortification of the Fabbricieri, who couldthiidv only of the financial side of the case; and when Car-dinal Cervini, the future Pope Marcel II, once attemptedto remonstrate, the man of… … I MICHELANGELO 171 squandered or stolen ; as regards plans and designs, leavethat care to me. It seems that the overseers of the buildina were not aboveaccepting bribes from the various contractors, and that theywould occasionally shut their eyes just when their fullestvigilance was required. On…
