. Alps and sanctuaries of Piedmont and the Canton Ticino (Op. 6.) . from under , he hooks it on to the edge of the scale withthe woman in it, and drags her down. The man, itseems, will escape. Next to this there is a compart-ment in which a monk is offering a round thing to , who does not seem to care much about it ;there are other saints and martyrs in this compart-ment, and St. Anthony with his pig, and Sta. Luciaholding a box with two eyes in it, she being patronessof the eyesight as well as of mariners. Lastly, thereis the adoration, ruined by the pulpit. Below this sec
. Alps and sanctuaries of Piedmont and the Canton Ticino (Op. 6.) . from under , he hooks it on to the edge of the scale withthe woman in it, and drags her down. The man, itseems, will escape. Next to this there is a compart-ment in which a monk is offering a round thing to , who does not seem to care much about it ;there are other saints and martyrs in this compart-ment, and St. Anthony with his pig, and Sta. Luciaholding a box with two eyes in it, she being patronessof the eyesight as well as of mariners. Lastly, thereis the adoration, ruined by the pulpit. Below this second compartment are twelve frescoes,each about three and a half feet square, representingthe twelve months—from a purely secular point ofview. January is a man making and hanging upsausages ; February, a man chopping wood ; March,a youth proclaiming spring with two horns to hismouth, and his hair flying all abroad ; April is a youngman on horseback carrying a flower in his hand ; May, 274 ALPS AND SANCTUARIES. a knight, not in armour, going out hawking with his. FRESCO AT MESOCCO—MARCH. hawk on one finger, his bride on a pillion behind him
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