The renaissance: its art and life; Florence (1450-1550) (1908)
Brinton, Selwyn, 1859-1940 · Paris, New York [etc.] Goupil & Co. · leaf 394
by miracles, — toprove them false by entering with him into the ordeal by fire. It wasthe old rivalry between the orders of S. Francis and S. Dominic whichasserted itself in this crisis. Against the Frates own wish—for he sawin the whole proposal a trap for his ruin — his own Dominican monkstook up… … FRA GIROLAMO SAVONAROLA. 165 Fra Domenico da Pescia, one of Savonarolas firmest friends and sup-porters , should enter the flames with a Franciscan monk, Fra AndreaRondinelli. On the morning of this fantastic and cruel test a great scaffold was tobe seen, in the midst of the Piazza of the Signory,…
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