Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 202
ence,near the cathedral and baptistry ; the picture of it,on the next page, is taken from a former numberof ST. NICHOLAS. When the Emperor Charles V.saw this tower he exclaimed, It should be kept under glass. A citizen of Verona, who was inFlorence while this tower of Giottos was beingbuilt,… … THE MADONNA OF THE CHURCH OF SANTA MARIA NOVELLA. PAINTED BV CIMABLE. been taken to the treasury, and convinced thatthe Florentines could afford to build a whole cityof marble. Giotto died in 1336, and was buriedin the church of Santa Maria del Fiore, withgreat honors, and Lorenzo de Medici…
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