Byways in southern Tuscany . endurance, might riseup against them. Thus on this side there are three portalswell gated and with the advantage of steepness between,for from the last of these there descends the precipitousramp which zigzags by steps and incHned planes to thelevel of the town far below. The vast wall spaces of thisfacade are finely weathered, a few small modern windowspierce them but inconspicuously, bits of marble have beenirregularly inserted in the tufa, and tufts and fringes of 283 BYWAYS IN SOUTHERN TUSCANY wild growth decorate the whole. As I think of the beautyof it and th
Byways in southern Tuscany . endurance, might riseup against them. Thus on this side there are three portalswell gated and with the advantage of steepness between,for from the last of these there descends the precipitousramp which zigzags by steps and incHned planes to thelevel of the town far below. The vast wall spaces of thisfacade are finely weathered, a few small modern windowspierce them but inconspicuously, bits of marble have beenirregularly inserted in the tufa, and tufts and fringes of 283 BYWAYS IN SOUTHERN TUSCANY wild growth decorate the whole. As I think of the beautyof it and the memories it is rich in, my thoughts persis-tently revert to gentle Lorenzina because after I had dis-covered her secret desire the clouds would not lift, therain never ceased to fall, and I was obliged to take leavewithout affording her the enriching experience of a visitto Sorano. Fortunately she knows not that she cameeven so near to achieving her ambition, but in my mindit remains as a liability, a lien upon the 284 BIBLIOGRAPHY BIBLIOGRAPHY Ammirato, Scipione . Istoria Florentine Siena, Batelli, i846;, J. J La Grece, Rome et Dante Paris, Perrin, 1884Aquarone, Bartolommeo . Dante in Siena Citta di Castello, Lapi, 1889Aquarone, Bartolommeo . Gli Ultimi Anni della Storia Repubblicana di Siena Siena, Lazzari, 1869; 2 Storico Italiano from 1842 Firenze, Vieussieux Bandi, a V I Castelli della Val dOrcia e la Repubblica di Montal-cino Siena, Lazzari, 1898. Novelle Edited by L. Banchi; Siena, Gati, 1873 , Montepulciano, Chiusi e laVal di Chiana SeneseBergamo, 1907. Pienza, Montalcino e laVal dOrcia SeneseBergamo, 1911. Monte Amiata e il suoProf eta Milano, Treves, 1910 287 Bargagli, Scipione Bargagli-Petrucci, F. Bargagli-Petrucci, F. Barzellotti, Giacomo BIBLIOGRAPHY Berenson, Bernhard . The Central Italian Paint-ers of the Renaissance New York, Putnam, 1909BiccHi, O Radicofani,NotizieStoriche Siena, Lazzari, 1912Bruscalupi, Giuseppe . Monograf
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