DOI Seite / Zitierlink:
https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.53561#0216
1&8 A New Voyage Vol. II.
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. ’Tis said that Sculptor preserr’d hisZwccow
before all his other Works, for that Figure re-
presen ted one of his Friends, and really merited
a particular Esteem.
The Baptifiery is lin’d in the same manner as
the Church, and its Structure is almpit like to
that of the Baptisiery at Pisa; ’tis believ’d that
it was formerly a Temple of Man. After the
Alterations that were made in it, when the Ca-
thedral was built, it was appointed to serve for
a Baptisiery, and dedicated to Sr. John Baptisi.
The Mofaic Work on the arch’d Roof is much
valu’d ; and among the Statues contain’d in this
Temple, the Magdalen of Wood, by Donat elli,
is particularly esteem’d. But the most admir’d
Pieces are, the three brazen Gates, adorn’d with
Baflo-relirud s representing some sacred Histories.
That on the Back-side, with this Inscription, An-
dreas Ugolini -de Pisis me .secit 1350. is the least
considerable, the other two are singularly beau-
tiful. They never forget to tell Strangers, that
Michael Angelo thought he could not admire ’em
Sussiciently, and esteem’d ’em worthy to be the
Gates of Heaven.
Dum cernit wal-vas aurato ex are nitentet
s In semplo Michael Angelus, obsiupuit.
gear cm Attoniiufaue diu, (ic alt a [ilentia rupit,
Church oj the ■’ ‘, ’J J .. ' < .
Trinity there is O DivmumOpus! O J anna dtgna Polo !
a sair Column
os Porphyry, which sapports a Statue of Juftice greater than the Lise. 'Tis said,
that this Column was formerly in rfe Pantheon, and that it was given by the
Pope to Cosino I. Gal Guald. Prior. There is a Proverb at Florence, which
fays, T7j/« Jusiice stands so high that none can reach it.
In
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. ’Tis said that Sculptor preserr’d hisZwccow
before all his other Works, for that Figure re-
presen ted one of his Friends, and really merited
a particular Esteem.
The Baptifiery is lin’d in the same manner as
the Church, and its Structure is almpit like to
that of the Baptisiery at Pisa; ’tis believ’d that
it was formerly a Temple of Man. After the
Alterations that were made in it, when the Ca-
thedral was built, it was appointed to serve for
a Baptisiery, and dedicated to Sr. John Baptisi.
The Mofaic Work on the arch’d Roof is much
valu’d ; and among the Statues contain’d in this
Temple, the Magdalen of Wood, by Donat elli,
is particularly esteem’d. But the most admir’d
Pieces are, the three brazen Gates, adorn’d with
Baflo-relirud s representing some sacred Histories.
That on the Back-side, with this Inscription, An-
dreas Ugolini -de Pisis me .secit 1350. is the least
considerable, the other two are singularly beau-
tiful. They never forget to tell Strangers, that
Michael Angelo thought he could not admire ’em
Sussiciently, and esteem’d ’em worthy to be the
Gates of Heaven.
Dum cernit wal-vas aurato ex are nitentet
s In semplo Michael Angelus, obsiupuit.
gear cm Attoniiufaue diu, (ic alt a [ilentia rupit,
Church oj the ■’ ‘, ’J J .. ' < .
Trinity there is O DivmumOpus! O J anna dtgna Polo !
a sair Column
os Porphyry, which sapports a Statue of Juftice greater than the Lise. 'Tis said,
that this Column was formerly in rfe Pantheon, and that it was given by the
Pope to Cosino I. Gal Guald. Prior. There is a Proverb at Florence, which
fays, T7j/« Jusiice stands so high that none can reach it.
In