In and out of Florence; a new introduction to a well-known city . The Duomo of Pistoja. on the roof, and its della Robbia medallions in therecess over the central door. Inside the Duomo, near the entrance (right wall),is one of the most curious tomb monuments to beseen in all Italy. It commemorates the virtuesof Cino Sinibaldi, teacher of Petrarch and friend ofDante. The naive relief shows the poet professorlecturing to a group of students, among them Pe-trarch and one woman. Most of the class seern alittle less than interested in the conference. At the ;iM^^^. O .2 0 n o Z Prato and Pistoja 3

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In and out of Florence; a new introduction to a well-known city . The Duomo of Pistoja. on the roof, and its della Robbia medallions in therecess over the central door. Inside the Duomo, near the entrance (right wall),is one of the most curious tomb monuments to beseen in all Italy. It commemorates the virtuesof Cino Sinibaldi, teacher of Petrarch and friend ofDante. The naive relief shows the poet professorlecturing to a group of students, among them Pe-trarch and one woman. Most of the class seern alittle less than interested in the conference. At the ;iM^^^. O .2 0 n o Z Prato and Pistoja 327 other end of the church in the chapel of the Sacra-ment (left of the choir) is a Madonna and Child,and a rather stiff but interesting relief bust of BishopDonato dei Medici, by Antonio Rossellino, the Set-tignano hill-side sculptor. The hollow-cheeked, set-lipped ascetic face is very strong, and suggests care-ful portraiture. In the chapel on the right of the

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