The Cathedral Builders: The Story of a Great Masonic Guild
BOOK IV
ITALIAN-GOTHIC, AND RENAISSANCE ARCHITECTS
I. THE SECESSION OF THE PAINTERS 265
II. THE SIENA AND ORVIETO LODGES 282
III. THE FLORENTINE LODGE 308
IV. THE MILAN LODGE 345
1. THE COMACINES UNDER THE VISCONTI 349
2. THE CERTOSA OF PAVIA 372
V. THE VENETIAN LINK 383
VI. THE ROMAN LODGE 400
EPILOGUE 423
AUTHORITIES CONSULTED 427
INDEX 429
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Cloister of S. John Lateran, Rome _Frontispiece_
Comacine Panel from the Church of San Clemente, Rome _To face page 9_
Frescoes in the Subterranean Church of San Clemente, Rome " 10
Church of Sta. Costanza, Rome " 12
Door of the Church of S. Marcello at Capua " 13
Ancient Sculpture in Monza Cathedral " 38
Comacine Capital in San Zeno, Verona " 44
Basilica of S. Frediano at Lucca " 50
Façade of San Michele at Pavia " 52
Tracing of an old print of the Tosinghi Palace, a mediæval building once in Florence, with _Laubia_ on the front " 60
Tower of SS. Giovanni e Paolo, Rome " 64
Byzantine Altar in the Church of S. Ambrogio, Milan " 74
Fresco in the Spanish Chapel, S. Maria Novella, Florence " 78
Door of the Church of San Michele, Pavia " 80
Comacine Knot on a panel at S. Ambrogio, Milan " 82
Sculpture from Sant' Abbondio, Como " 82
Pulpit in the Church of S. Ambrogio, Milan " 88
Door of a Chapel in S. Prassede, Rome " 90
Pluteus from S. Marco dei Precipazi, now in S. Giacomo, Venice. " 90
Comacine Capitals " 96
Exterior of San Piero a Grado, Pisa " 102
Comacine Capital in San Zeno, Verona, emblematizing Man clinging to Christ (the Palm) " 110
Capital in the Atrium of S. Ambrogio, Milan " 112
The West Door, St. Bartholomew, Smithfield " 122
South Side of the Choir, St. Bartholomew the Great, Smithfield " 124
Palazzo del Popolo and Palazzo Comunale, Todi " 136
Fiesole Cathedral. Interior " 145
S. Clemente, Rome. Interior showing ancient screen " 146
Tower of S. Apollinare Nuovo, Ravenna " 153
Tower of S. Satyrus. Milan " 154
S. Apollinare in Classe, Ravenna " 157
Door of the Church of S. Zeno at Verona " 166
Baptistery at Parma, designed by Benedetto da Antelamo " 186
Façade of Ferrara Cathedral " 198
Church of S. Antonio, Padua " 200
Tomb of Can Signorio degli Scaligeri at Verona " 204
Interior of Pisa Cathedral " 212
Pulpit in the Church of S. Giovanni Fuorcivitas, Pistoja " 222
Church of S. Michele, Lucca " 226
Cathedral of Lucca (San Martino) " 228
Pulpit in Church of S. Bartolommeo, Pistoja " 230
Church of S. Andrea, Pistoja " 234
Church of San Giovanni Fuorcivitas, Pistoja " 236
Church of S. Maria, Ancona " 242
Door of S. Giusto at Lucca " 244
Pilaster of the Door of the Cathedral of Beneventum " 246
Baptismal Font in Church of S. Frediano, Lucca " 248
Pulpit in the Church of Groppoli near Pistoja " 249
Pulpit in Siena Cathedral " 250
The Riccardi Palace, built for Lorenzo dei Medici " 252
Tomb of Mastino II. degli Scaligeri, at Verona " 254
Capital of a Column in the Ducal Palace, Venice " 256
Doorway of the Municipal Palace at Perugia " 258
Palazzo Pubblico at Perugia " 260
Court of the Bargello, Florence " 262
Tower of Palazzo Vecchio at Florence " 263
Eighth-century Wall Decoration in Subterranean Church of S. Clemente, Rome " 266
Frescoes of the eighth century in the Subterranean Church of S. Clemente, Rome, with portraits of the Patron Beno di Rapizo and his Family " 268
Interior of Church of San Piero a Grado near Pisa, with Frescoes of the ninth century " 270
Figures from paintings in Assisi by Magister Giunta of Pisa " 272
Fresco at S. Gimignano " 278
Front of Siena Cathedral " 296
Door in Orvieto Cathedral " 300
Monument to Cardinal de Braye " 314
Palazzo Vecchio, Florence " 316
Shrine in Or San Michele, Florence " 332
Small Cloister of the Certosa of Pavia " 358
Marble Work on the Roof of Milan Cathedral " 364
Capital in Milan Cathedral " 366
North Door of Como Cathedral, sculptured by Tommaso Rodari " 368
Renaissance Front of the Church of the Certosa at Pavia " 378
Façade of Monza Cathedral " 380
The Cathedral and Broletta at Como " 382
The Ca d'Oro, Venice " 388
Ducal Palace at Venice. The side built by the Buoni Family " 390
Court of the Ducal Palace at Venice " 392
Apse of the Church of SS. Giovanni e Paolo on the Cœlian Hill, Rome " 404
Basilica of S. Paolo _fuori le mura_, Rome " 406
Pulpit in Church of S. Cesareo in Palatio, Rome. Mediæval Sculpture inlaid in Mosaic " 408
Candelabrum in S. Paolo at Rome " 412