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A51007	A new voyage to Italy with a description of the chief towns, churches, tombs, libraries, palaces, statues, and antiquities of that country : together with useful instructions for those who shall travel thither / by Maximilian Mission ; done into English and adorned with figures.; Nouveau voyage d'Italie. English	Misson, Maximilien, 1650?-1722.	1695 (1695)	Wing M2253; ESTC R28829	405,658	759

is highly esteem'd tho' the Painter is blam'd for representing his Rising Bodies cloth'd and of different ages See before Letter XXIII XXV But we observ'd a more considerable Fault or rather an intolerable Blunder in a Picture in the same Church which nevertheless was made by Paul Vccello a very skilful and celebrated Artist He has painted a * G. Acutius an Englishman General of the Pisan Forces General of an Army on Horseback and has made the Horse rest on the two Legs on the same side while the other two are in motion such a Mistake might perhaps be excus'd in a Venetian who was never out of that City where Horses are as great Rarities as Elephants The Pieces of Moses's and Aaron's Rods are two of the most curious Relics in the Cathedral tho' they seem to be of doubtful credit since both the entire Rods are said to be at St. John de Lateran The Steeple is very near the Church which is a square Tower a hundred and eighty foot high overlaid with square pieces of red white and black Marble and adorn'd with several Statues The old bald Man by Donatelli is an excellent Piece 'T is said that Sculptor preferr'd his Zuccon before all his other Works for that Figure represented one of his Friends and really merited a particular Esteem The Baptistery is lin'd in the same manner as the Church and its Structure is almost like to that of the Baptistery at Pisa 't is believ'd that it was formerly a Temple of Mars After the Alterations that were made in it when the Cathedral was built it was appointed to serve for a Baptistery and dedicated to St. John Baptist The Mosaic Work on the arch'd Roof is much valu'd and among the Statues contain'd in this Temple the Magdalen of Wood by Donatelli is particularly esteem'd But the most admir'd Pieces are the three brazen Gates adorn'd with Basso-relievo's representing some sacred Histories That on the Back-side with this Inscription Andreas Vgolini de Pisis me fecit 1330. is the least considerable the other two are singularly beautiful They never forget to tell Strangers that Michael Angelo thought he could not admire 'em sufficiently and esteem'd 'em worthy to be the Gates of Heaven Dum cernit valvas aurato ex aere nitentes In Templo Michael Angelus obstupuit Attonitusque diu sic alta silentia rupit Near the Church of the Trinity there is a fair Column of Porphyry which supports a Statue of Justice greater than the Life 'T is said that this Column was formerly in the Pantheon and that it was given by the Pope to Cosmo I Gal. Guald Prior. There is a Proverb at Florence which says That Justice stands so high that none can reach it O Divinum Opus O Janua digna Polo In the Court opposite to the middle Gate of this Baptistery there are two Columns of Porphyry chain'd together tho' they stand at some distance from each other The Story says That the Florentins having assisted the Pisans to conquer some part of the Isle of Majorca ask'd two Pillars which they found among the Spoils of the Enemies Some add That the Pisans being loth to part with these Monuments but not daring to refuse 'em to their Allies spitefully tarnish'd their Lustre in the Fire and sent 'em in that condition cover'd with Velvet But this Circumstance is deny'd by others I had almost forgot to mention the other Column which stands not far from the former it was set up for a Memorial of a pretended Miracle which happen'd in that place when the Body of St. Zenobius was remov'd from St. Lawrence's to the Cathedral His Shrine says the Tradition touch'd by chance the Trunk of a dry Tree which lay there and immediately the Tree blossom'd and put forth both Flowers and Fruit I have forgot the rest of the Story St. Lawrence's Church is very large and rich and I may venture to say without being guilty of a Hyperbole that the famous Chapel on which they have wrought so long and with so much assiduity will when finish'd be the finest Edifice of that nature in the World I dare not undertake to describe it but I cannot forbear to give you some Idea of it This magnificent Chapel is very large and high In the middle of each Face of the Hexagon there rises a double Pilaster of Jasper with a double Chapiter of Brass gilt the Base being also of the same matter On the Pedestal of each Pilaster there are several Emblematical Figures compos'd of Precious Stones joyn'd together with all the Art imaginable In the six Angles there are six stately Tombs of Porphyry Oriental Granate and some other of the most precious kinds of Marble On each Tomb there is a great * 'T is said that each Pillow cost Sixty thousand Crowns Pillow of Jasper enrich'd with divers sorts of Jewels and on each Pillow a Crown which is yet a great deal richer The Pedestal or Base that supports the Tombs is overlaid with Porphyry and Calcedony on which will be engrav'd the Epitaphs of the Princes for whom these Tombs are design'd Their Statues of Brass gilt twice as big as the Life will be plac'd in the Niches of black Marble that are already prepar'd in the Wall over the Tombs The inner Roof of the Dome will be of pure Lapis Lazuli with Roses and other Ornaments gilt All the rest of the Walls is lin'd in Compartments with fine Agats rare Granates Onyxes and all sorts of Stones that are esteem'd precious each Pannel being divided into squares and embellish'd with other Ornaments of Copper gilt The Altar will surpass all the other parts of this admirable Structure and to comprehend the Beauties of 'em all your Imagination must rise higher than my imperfect Description is able to carry it The Library of St. Lawrence is particularly famous for its Manuscripts It is Fourscore Brasses or Fathom in length and Twenty in breadth The Fathom of Florence is equal to two Roman Feet and the Roman Foot is shorter by six Lines than the English See the Instructions to a Traveller at the end of this Volume In this Library there is a Manuscript Virgil of the Age of Theodosius There is also a large Greek Manuscript containing the Chyrurgery of the Ancients of Hippocrates Galen Asclepiades Bithynus Apollonius Archigenes Nymphodorus Heliodorus Diocles Rufus Ephesius and Apollodorus Citiensis with the manner of curing Dislocations describ'd in Figures painted on Vellum This is a great Treasure being the only Work of this nature now known to be extant Spon I shall take this occasion to tell you that M. Magliabecchi could not favour me with a sight of St. Chrysostom's Letter to Caesarius having receiv'd express Orders from the Great Duke not to communicate it to any person whatsoever But you may inform our Friend that M. Magliabecchi positively assur'd me that the Passage cited by Martyr is contain'd word for word in that Manuscript We