[322] Hamilton’s Marriage Rites, p. 188.
[323] Ib. 194.
[324] Bourgoing’s Travels through Spain.
[325] Act 2d, sc. 2d.
[326] Douce, 24.
[327] Book iii.
[328] The People’s Dictionary of the Bible, art. Rings.
[329] Douce’s Illustrations of Shakspeare, p. 69.
[330] The beautiful architectural design in this picture is said to be copied, but very much improved, from a picture by Perugino, the master of Raffaelle. As the latter had a genius beyond copying and as Perugino made use of the talents of his pupil, it is fair to suppose that Raffaelle composed the building and afterwards claimed its outline by inserting it, with improvament from reflection, in his own painting, Lo Sposalizio. The general form and proportions are to be found in Brunelleschi’s design for the octagon chapel of the Scholari annexed to the church Degl’ Angeli at Florence. See Kugler’s Hand Book of Painting, by Eastlake, p. 332.
[331] Martense, ii. 128.