Eustace, John Cretwode: A classical tour through Italy An. MDCCCII (Vol. 3): 3. ed., rev. and enl (London: J. Mawman, 1815)

350 CLASSICAL TOUR Ch. IX*
with it. These are the Sacristy, the Medicean
chapel, and the Laurentian library.
The Sacristy, which is a chapel and the
mausoleum of several princes of the Medicean
line, was planned by Michael Angelo, and is
adorned with several statues of his workmanship.
Some are finished in his best style; others re-
main unfinished, but display, it is thought, even
in the imperfect parts, the grand daring touches
and inimitable manner of the sculptor.
Close to the Sacristy and behind the chancel
of the church, though the communication is not
yet open, stands the intended mausoleum of the
Medicean family. This edifice was begun two
hundred years ago *, and if completed upon the
plan on which it was commenced, it would sur-
pass every sepulchral building in the world.
Its form is octagonal, its diameter ninety-four,
and its elevation to the vault two hundred feet.
It is literally lined with lapis lazuli, agate, jasper,
onyx, &c. furnished with sarcophagi of porphyry,
and supported by granite pilasters with capitals
of bronze. The niches between these pilasters

* An. 1604.