Antonio Stradivari, his life and work (1644-1737) . kmg views of the different parts of the bu Idin^one of w .ch w.!,, I think, be of interest to the reade S • ht;: Te ;v° r^- ^ ^-^ --^^ °^ ^^^ --« de an of th r ,:• - ^ht is seen the heTd them „„,, ,h,7„ « useless indeed to m^l.^ r i ^^^^ever, that it seems occasion I heard ^ ° ^^ ^^-^ Stradivari but I J ^ ?^^ ^^^ --« officanceo the name and r^ ?^?^ °^ ^^ ^^ni-of the search uShe ^^ ^^^ *^= P-^ -<e. Durinjr ft:?: :ri r-° ^^^- clear that tomb of all ,h ^ ? ^^^^^^ ^i<,tibias,thi; .bneA;-;^: ° ^^?^? •^- of an earthy tint .nr ^°^ °f the b
Antonio Stradivari, his life and work (1644-1737) . kmg views of the different parts of the bu Idin^one of w .ch w.!,, I think, be of interest to the reade S • ht;: Te ;v° r^- ^ ^-^ --^^ °^ ^^^ --« de an of th r ,:• - ^ht is seen the heTd them „„,, ,h,7„ « useless indeed to m^l.^ r i ^^^^ever, that it seems occasion I heard ^ ° ^^ ^^-^ Stradivari but I J ^ ?^^ ^^^ --« officanceo the name and r^ ?^?^ °^ ^^ ^^ni-of the search uShe ^^ ^^^ *^= P-^ -<e. Durinjr ft:?: :ri r-° ^^^- clear that tomb of all ,h ^ ? ^^^^^^ ^i<,tibias,thi; .bneA;-;^: ° ^^?^? •^- of an earthy tint .nr ^°^ °f the bones were hy f nt, some of a blackish musty colour. I learnt DESECRATION OF HIS GRAVE 25 afterwards that the men themselves interred the bonesoutside the city, with the exception of a few of the skulls,three of which were retained by Signor Ferdinando Rossi,the manager of the work, and by his partner, FrancescoFerrari. After retaining them for some years the lastnamed gave them to his brother-in-law. Dr. Vincenzo. Fig. 12.—A Last Glimpse of the Church of S. Domenico. Ferrari, who kept them until he left his fathers house,when his brothers, as a mark of respect to these humanremains, sent them to be buried in the town cemetery ; bythis time they are probably mixed up among the heap ofdepartmental disinterments which periodically take disappeared the tomb of Stradivari. The name-stone alone remains, and is now preserved in the Municipal 26 STRADIVARIS ANCESTRY Museum. As Signer Mandelli suggests, the matter o the desecration of the grave was perhaps too hghtl) decided on ; in fact, the reverence now felt for everything appertaining to Stradivari had then penetrated but little in| Cremona. The town council, however, shortly afterwards decided to dedicate one of the principal streets to his! memory, and on several occasions since that period Signor Mandelli and others have striven to induce that body to raise a monument worthy of Cremonas most fa
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