Singleton, Esther, d 1930, [from old catalog] ed. and tr · New York, Dodd, Mead & co. · leaf 464
e same site, and he made of it at once a sumptuous resi-dence and a solid fortress to which was given the name ofGattolo dei Malatesta. It is from there that Verucchiodates his will. The great Ghiberti, the sculptor of the Gates of Paradise, tells us, in his Coitunentaries that in1400 he made some… … ROCCA MALATESTIANA 355 Poliorcete, skilful in making fortifications, pupil and soonthe rival of Roberto Valturco, the celebrated author of thevolume of Re Militari; he battered down the Gattolo, or,at least, he changed it from roof to basement at the mo-ment w^hen the discovery of artillery had…
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