In and out of Florence; a new introduction to a well-known city . o its knees in rever- Ient or awesome silence. When we heard the Mass Jof San Giovanni Battista in Florences duomo, we jgot a new idea of its greatness, and its glory, as one 1must under similar circumstances of any cathedral. The dome seen from the inside repeats again muchof the impression of beauty and stateliness that it )gives from the outside. Indeed, the dome is the thing jabout the Duomo, and there is hardly anything more :interesting reading in the history of Florentine hap- jpenings than the story of how Brunelleschi b
In and out of Florence; a new introduction to a well-known city . o its knees in rever- Ient or awesome silence. When we heard the Mass Jof San Giovanni Battista in Florences duomo, we jgot a new idea of its greatness, and its glory, as one 1must under similar circumstances of any cathedral. The dome seen from the inside repeats again muchof the impression of beauty and stateliness that it )gives from the outside. Indeed, the dome is the thing jabout the Duomo, and there is hardly anything more :interesting reading in the history of Florentine hap- jpenings than the story of how Brunelleschi built we like to see him each time we visit the Piazza rsitting there in his stone chair by the wall of the 1Misericordia, with his eyes lifted to his triumph. When you have read the story—you will find it in |lVasari—you will like to go into the Cathedral IMuseum on the piazza opposite the choir of the jDuomo and see there the various models and designs,including Brunelleschis own for the lantern, madefrom early to modern times in connection with the. Plioto. Brogi Singing Boys Luca della Robbia: Duomo Museum Piazza del Duomo 83 churchs building. And there are those famous sing-ing galleries of Luca della Robbia and Donatello,and the silver altar from the Baptistry. What a carol-ing chorus is della Robbias! what a mad romp ofchubby legs and arms is Donatellos! You open yourmouth to sing aloud as you face the one; you balanceon your toes to pirouette and spring as you turn tothe other. Opposite the modern fagade of many colors of theCathedral, the Baptistry lifts its ancient walls. Itdates from about 600 and is the church of SanGiovanni Battista, the patron saint of Florence. TheDuomos real name, by the way, is the church ofSanta Maria del Fiore (Saint Mary of the Flower),the name being got, it is said, from the sending tothe Cathedral, by Pope Eugenio IV, of a golden rose by great courtesy as to a princess. The churchunder this name belonged for a long time to thepow
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