In and out of Florence; a new introduction to a well-known city . res on Monastery Walls frescoed arcade walls, the gathered relics of OldFlorence and its palaces, the marvelous Crucifixion in the chapter house,the cenacolo in therefectory, and thatwonderful, greatloft with its uniqueseries of embellishedcells under the bare,rough timbers andoverlying tiles ofthe roof; and, fi-nally, everywherethe abiding and con-trasted presence ofthe peaceful, meek,consecrated paintermonk and the vi-sion-driven, fanati-cal, trumpeting,doomed preachermonk:—<all theseare the sort to make a memory that lasts
In and out of Florence; a new introduction to a well-known city . res on Monastery Walls frescoed arcade walls, the gathered relics of OldFlorence and its palaces, the marvelous Crucifixion in the chapter house,the cenacolo in therefectory, and thatwonderful, greatloft with its uniqueseries of embellishedcells under the bare,rough timbers andoverlying tiles ofthe roof; and, fi-nally, everywherethe abiding and con-trasted presence ofthe peaceful, meek,consecrated paintermonk and the vi-sion-driven, fanati-cal, trumpeting,doomed preachermonk:—<all theseare the sort to make a memory that lasts. One comes by the piazza entrance directly into thefirst cloisters and under the outstretched benedictoryarms of its great singing tree. Around this littlegarden the arcade walls are all fresco-covered withthe story of the life of St. Antoninus, the first priorof the monastery and later archbishop of Florence,a man of great piety and modesty advanced to placeand power against his most earnest wish. Scatteredamong these more modern frescoes are five or six of. Tlie cloisters of San Marco. Stray Pictures on Monastery Walls 177 Fra Angelicos, mostly small ones over the doors, butone filling a whole panel, a pitiful Crucifixion. Be-sides the Christ, there is but a single figure, , kneeling at the foot of the cross. Amongthe smaller pictures, that of Christ as a pilgrim beingreceived by two Dominicans, and the face of St. PeterMartyr with finger to lip expressing silence, hold onelong and wondering. From these arcades, doors open into the anteroomof the great refectory, the little chapter hall, and intothe corridor leading to the second cloisters, smallerrefectory, and stair to the floor above. The wallsof both anteroom and great refectory are hungwith numerous framed pictures, but interest centersin the cenacolo-like fresco on the end wall, a pictureby Sogliani of two angels bringing aprons full offood to St. Dominic and eleven of his brethrenseated at a long table (in
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