The Cathedral Builders: The Story of a Great Masonic Guild

BOOK IV

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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