. The builders of Florence . C75& Well in (joijter, CertofA THE CERTOSA OF THE VAL DEMA 163 have the man himself, in an autograph which Palmieri, telling ofhis moderate height, full form, chestnut hair, round bright eyes,nimble ambidexterity of hand and exquisite choice in dress, can onlycomplete ; for surely so strong a soul rarely set itself more intentlyon a single supreme purpose. The message of the letters is broughtto its measured close by the latter will and testament of 1358, inwhich Acciaiuoli provides for the building of twelve more cells tohouse as many monks ; orders within the mon
. The builders of Florence . C75& Well in (joijter, CertofA THE CERTOSA OF THE VAL DEMA 163 have the man himself, in an autograph which Palmieri, telling ofhis moderate height, full form, chestnut hair, round bright eyes,nimble ambidexterity of hand and exquisite choice in dress, can onlycomplete ; for surely so strong a soul rarely set itself more intentlyon a single supreme purpose. The message of the letters is broughtto its measured close by the latter will and testament of 1358, inwhich Acciaiuoli provides for the building of twelve more cells tohouse as many monks ; orders within the monastery a College of. ^7he C^rden cP°s\Qm^(grtcjb,. Theology, Canon Law and Logic, to consist of three professors andfifty students; immensely increases the endowment of the whole,and definitely desires that the Chapel of San Tobia in the Certosa,where his son Lorenzo already lay, should provide the place ofhis own burial, and that of the male members of his family. So ends, then, the founders part in this fabric. But what ofthose others, hardly to be envied, whom that passionate soul en-trusted with the execution of his design ? The chief here was theJacopo of the letters; Fra Jacopo Passavanti, to whom therest must look for orders. Now this Dominican, the Prior of Santa 164 THE BUILDERS OF FLORENCE Maria Novella, was a past master in the direction of such his own convent he had called Andrea Orcagna to paint thechancel, and, probably, to collaborate with the Gaddi in coveringwith fresco the walls of the Spanish Chapel, then the chapterhouse, which Fra Jacopo Talenti da Nipozzano, the convent
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