. Val d'Arno ten lectures on the Tuscan art directly antecedent to the Florentine year of victories; given before the University of Oxford in Michaelmas term, 1873. with asphalt, is stillin its place. 40. I will now read to you what Vasari firstsays of him, and it. (I. Gy?) Nicholas had,among other sons, one called John, who, be-cause he always followed his father, and, underhis discipline, intended (bent himself to, with awill,) sculpture and architecture, in a few yearsbecame not only equal to his father, but in somethings superior to him ; wherefore Nicholas, be-ing now old, retired himself
. Val d'Arno ten lectures on the Tuscan art directly antecedent to the Florentine year of victories; given before the University of Oxford in Michaelmas term, 1873. with asphalt, is stillin its place. 40. I will now read to you what Vasari firstsays of him, and it. (I. Gy?) Nicholas had,among other sons, one called John, who, be-cause he always followed his father, and, underhis discipline, intended (bent himself to, with awill,) sculpture and architecture, in a few yearsbecame not only equal to his father, but in somethings superior to him ; wherefore Nicholas, be-ing now old, retired himself into Pisa, and livingquietly there, left the government of everythingto his son. Accordingly, when Pope Urban in Perugia, sending was made for John,who, going there, made the tomb of that Popeof marble, the which, together with that of PopeMartin IV., was afterwards thrown down, whenthe Perugians enlarged their vescovado; so thatonly a few relics are seen sprinkled about thechurch. And the Perugians, having at the sametime brought from the mountain of Pacciano,two miles distant from the city, through canalsof lead, a most abundant water, by means of. II.—JOHN THE PISAN. 3 I the invention and industry of a friar of the orderof St. Silvester, it was given to John the Pisanto make all the ornaments of this fountain, aswell of bronze as of marble. On which he sethand to it, and made there three orders ofvases, two of marble and one of bronze. Thefirst is put upon twelve degrees of twelve-faced steps ; the second is upon some columnswhich put it upon a level with the first one ; —(that is, in the middle of it,) and the third,which is of bronze, rests upon three figureswhich have in the middle of them some griffins,of bronze too, which pour water out on everyside. 41. Many things we have to note in this pas-sage, but first I will show you the best pictureI can of the thing itself. The best I can ; the thing itself being halfdestroyed, and what remains so beautiful thatno
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