. Florence and her treasures. OR S. MICHELE 101 makers. (13) S. Peter, by Donatello, an inferior work, exe-cuted for the Guild of Butchers (beccai), whose ancient guild-house with its emblem of the goat (beccd) stands opposite thisside of the church. The interior of the church, having been once a loggia, con-sists of a plain rectangle with a nave divided by massy squarecolumns, and has a vaulted ceiling, its walls and pillars beingstill partially covered with the frescoes executed here byJacopo da Casentino, a pupil of Taddeo Gaddi. The upperlights of the intricate traceried windows are filled
. Florence and her treasures. OR S. MICHELE 101 makers. (13) S. Peter, by Donatello, an inferior work, exe-cuted for the Guild of Butchers (beccai), whose ancient guild-house with its emblem of the goat (beccd) stands opposite thisside of the church. The interior of the church, having been once a loggia, con-sists of a plain rectangle with a nave divided by massy squarecolumns, and has a vaulted ceiling, its walls and pillars beingstill partially covered with the frescoes executed here byJacopo da Casentino, a pupil of Taddeo Gaddi. The upperlights of the intricate traceried windows are filled with richlycoloured stained glass, so that the whole effect of this uniquechurch, though dimly lit, is harmonious and reverential in ahigh degree. The first altar on the right contains an ancientwooden crucifix, interesting as having frequently assisted inthe devotions of the good Bishop Antonino and of the principal altar, that of S. Anna, whose festival of26 July, 1343, witnessed the expulsion of the Duke o
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