Gruner, Ludwig [Hrsg.]; Lose, Friedrich [Hrsg.]; Ottolini, Vittore [Hrsg.]: The terra-cotta architecture of North Italy: (XIIth - XVth centuries) ; pourtrayed as examples for imitation in other countries (London, 1867)

18 Abbey of Chiaravalle^ near Milan. [Plates 3 & 4.

G. L. Calvi,1 towards the beginning of his life of Francesco Pecorori,
architect, alluding to the impulse given to architecture about the end of

Details of Cornices, Arcades, Arches, etc., in the Abbey of Chiaranalle.

the thirteenth century by the Torriani and Matteo Visconti, thinks it not
unlikely that this architect—the same who built the tower of San Gottardo at
Milan—may also have designed the campanile of the abbey of Chiaravalle.

1 Notizie sulk Vita e sulle Opere dei principali raccolte ed esposte da Girolamo Luigi Calvi. Milano,
Archketti, Scultori e Pittori che fiorirono in Milano 1859 e '866.
durante il governo dei Visconti e degli Sforza, ecc. ecc.,