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examined the books of the Hospital of Santa Maria Nuova with reference to the sculptural decoration of one of its dependencies, the Ceppo Hospital at Pistoia. The indefatigable Milanesi had already examined these records and, both in his Miscellanea and in the annotations to his edition of Vasari's Lives, made records of value, but the documents themselves remain unpublished. It is important, therefore, that these documents be published in historical sequence for the light they may shed on the history of these notable decorations. ## I. The Portico. The Ceppo Hospital was founded in 1218, but its portico, which bears the glazed terra-cotta decorations, was not contracted for until February 24, 1512, when Francesco di Maso di Papi, a scarpellino from S. Martino a Mensola, was charged with providing the stone and executing the work upon the portico. With its portico the Ceppo Hospital would fall in line with S. Maria Nuova, the Innocenti,

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Author

Allan Marquand

Published

1918

Language

EN

Field

Arts and Humanities (Social Sciences)