Italy from the Alps to Mount Etna . d with His precious blood. Thence they brought it unto Pisa,Deeming that in mould so blestTheir beloved dead would slumberIn a doubly hallowd rest. And from out this earth fresh springingPurple roses bud and bloom,Breathing oer the wanderers spiritMemories of the Holy Tomb ; * The peculiarity of the echo in the Pisan Baptistery consists in the sounds being wonderfully prolonged; so thatthree harmonious intervals—such as the notes of the common chord, for example—sung one after the other, are echoedback blended into one harmonious sound, which has an indescri
Italy from the Alps to Mount Etna . d with His precious blood. Thence they brought it unto Pisa,Deeming that in mould so blestTheir beloved dead would slumberIn a doubly hallowd rest. And from out this earth fresh springingPurple roses bud and bloom,Breathing oer the wanderers spiritMemories of the Holy Tomb ; * The peculiarity of the echo in the Pisan Baptistery consists in the sounds being wonderfully prolonged; so thatthree harmonious intervals—such as the notes of the common chord, for example—sung one after the other, are echoedback blended into one harmonious sound, which has an indescribably beautiful and unearthly effect.— Translators note. PISA. 185 Breathing of the Love immortalWhich oercometh mortal strife,Rising oer the grave victorious,Glorifying death and life ! Each of the four colonnades that surround the central space is filled with fine worksin marble, ranging from Greek and Roman times down to the present day. Here areantique sarcophagi and pillars, mediaeval monuments adorned with gold mosaics,. PIAZZA DEL DUOMO. severely religious sculptures by Pisano, and splendid tombs of the Renaissance period ;all mingled together in beautiful variety, and standing out upon the finest backgroundin the world. For the walls of the loggia are covered with an unbroken series of frescoesby the greatest masters of several successive centuries ; from the representation of theLast Judgment, and the Triumph of Death in Orgagnas grand and gloomy manner, toGozzolis pictures full of unspeakable life and cheerfulness. Perhaps the fresh joyousspring-tide spirit of the early Renaissance is nowhere so vividly presented to us as inthese four-and-twenty designs with their crowds of noble animated figures, and theirdelightful backgrounds full of temples and turrets, lofty mountains, and valleys wateredby winding streams. The most famous of these frescoes are Noahs Vintage, the birth ofJacob and Esau, the marriage of Jacob and Rachel, and Joseph recognised by hisbrethren.
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