A history of architecture in Italy from the time of Constantine to the dawn of the renaissance (1901)
Cummings, Charles Amos, 1833-1905 · Boston, New York, Houghton, Mifflin and Company · leaf 237
redible weight ofthis stupendouswork. And a greatscandal would ariseif any failure shouldoccur. Wherefore,having learned fromvarious sourcesof the sufficiency ofthe engineer of thefamous temple ofyour city, we pray you to send him, or some other equally competentperson of your country to us. Our… … Fio-. 383. Milan. East End of Cathedral. THE GOTHIC 223 This letter is signed Gian Galeazzo Maria Sforza Viseonti, anddated 27 June, 1481. Whether it was efficacious in bringing thedesired assistance is not certain. But in 1483 appeared, first a cer-tain Alexander von Marpach, whose designs do not…
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