CHAPTER XII

_In the Town of the Beautiful Towers_ 344

_The Family of Pope Pius the Second_ 297

_Bibliographical Appendix_ 366

_General Index_ 373

ILLUSTRATIONS

* _The Madonna with Saints_ (_Neroccio di Bartolommeo Landi_). _Photogravure_ Frontispiece

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_Siena from behind San Domenico_ 3

_La Castel Vecchio, the oldest part of Siena_ 8

*_On the Battlefield of Montaperti_ _facing_ 17

_A street in Siena_ 24

_La Croce del Travaglio_ 35

_La Lupa_ 42

*_St Catherine of Siena_ (_Andrea di Vanni_) _facing_ 47

*_Letter from St Catherine to Stefano Maconi_ _facing_ 56

_St Catherine's Lamp_ 65

_The Mangia Tower_ 69

+ _The Elevation of Enea Silvio Piccolomini to the Papacy as Pius II._ (_Pinturicchio_) _facing_ 73

_Via Fontebranda_ 77

_The Porta Romana_ 95

+ _The Pulpit of the Duomo_ (_Niccolò Pisano and his Pupils_). _Photogravure_ _facing_ 100

+ _The Font of San Giovanni of Siena_ (_Giacomo della Quercia_) _facing_ 104

* _The Madonna and Child_ (_detail from Duccio's Altarpiece_). _Photogravure_ _facing_ 112

_Bastion outside the Porta Pispini, erected by Baldassare Peruzzi_ 116

_Via Giovanni Duprè_ 121

_The Palazzo Pubblico_ 133

_The Market-Place_ 146

_The Duomo_ 151

_Interior of the Duomo_ 163

+ _The Canonisation of Saint Catherine, from Pinturicchio's fresco._ _Photogravure_ _facing_ 174

+ _The Crucifixion, by Duccio di Buoninsegna. Photogravure_ _facing_ 178

_Steps beside the Baptistery_ 180

_Fontebranda_ 189

_House of St Catherine_ 193

_Via della Galluzza_ 199

+ _The Ecstasy of St Catherine. Detail from Bazzi's fresco. Photogravure_ _facing_ 204

_A suburban Chapel_ 212

_Banner-holder in the Piazza Postierla_ 217

_An old fanale in the Piazza San Giusto_ 223

_Via dei Termini_ 229

_Porta Ovile_ 237

_Remains of a Mural Tower_ 244

_Palazzo Saracini_ 249

_The Tower of Sant' Ansano_ 255

_Pozzo della Diana_ 259

_Via delle Sperandie_ 263

_Via della Fonte_ 267

_Fonte San Maurizio_ 279

_Piazza and Palazzo Tolomei_ 287

_At the older circuit of the walls_ 296

_Fountain outside Posta Ovile_ 299

+ _Coronation of Virgin_ (_Andrea della Robbia_) _facing_ 304

*_A Miracle of St Benedict_ (_Bazzi_) _facing_ 314

*_Maurus and Placidus_ (_Bazzi_) _facing_ 320

*_San Gimignano_ _facing_ 325

+ _Apparition of St Gregory._ (_Domenico Ghirlandaio_) _facing_ 330

*_In the Town of the Fair Towers_ _facing_ 340

+ _The Funeral of Santa Fina_ (_Domenico Ghirlandaio_) _facing_ 349

+ _Heads of Choristers_ (_Domenico Ghirlandaio_) _facing_ 352

+ _St Augustine at School._ (_Benozzo Gozzoli_) _facing_ 358

_Map of Siena_ _facing_ 372

* _These illustrations are reproduced, with permission, from photographs by Messrs Alinari of Florence._

+ _These illustrations are reproduced, with permission, from photographs by Messrs Lombardi of Siena._

_We are indebted to Signor Enrico Torrini of Siena for permission to make use of his map._

_The remaining illustrations are all from drawings by Helen M. James._

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