Full text: Ricci, Enrico: The Florentine Cicerone

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Sacristy, a fine and majestic chamber designed and buit 
by the Dominican architect Fra Jacopo di Nipozzano 
in 1390. The decorations of the ceiling were restored 
in 1860. There is a fine stained-glass window and a fine 
fount in glazed and coloured terra-cotta adorned with figures 
and other ornaments, by Luca della Robbia. — Amateurs 
desiring to view important original works belonging to the 
time of the revival of modern painting must ask the sexton 
to take them to the Green Cloister to the Spaniards’Cha- 
pel and to the Grand Cloister, which are in the now sup- 
pressed Convent. 
The Green Cloister was built by lacopo da Nipozzano. 
It is famous for the frescoes by Paolo Uccello and Nello, 
painted in 1340 with green earth, whence its name. On the 
E. side Paolo Uccello painted sacred subjects from the 
Creation to the Deluge, and on the other two the history 
of the Jewish people. In the middle of the N. side is the 
door leading to the 
Spaniards’ Chapel (Cappella degli Spagnuoli) which was 
formerly the Chapter house of the Convent and was granted 
by Cosimo I to the Spanish merchants in the XVIth. cen- 
tury. This Chapel contains the famous and well-conserved 
frescoes painted in 1335 by Simone Memmi and Taddeo 
Gaddi, and on which Francesco Petrarca, the poet, wrote 
two sonnets at Avignon, one of which begińs thus: 
Quando giunse a Simon l’alto concetto, etc. 
On the E. wall Simone Memmi has represented the 
Militant and the Triumphant Church. In the lower part 
of the picture are several white and black dogs, alluding 
to the costume of the Dominicans, fighting with a band 
of wolves, representing the Heretics. Above these St. Do- 
minick is preaching Religion, and, still higher the same 
Saint is showing the way to Paradise. St. Peter is opening 
the gate to the Elect. At the top is the Last Judgement 
Below the Elect are the great dignitaries of the Church,
	        
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