[187] With the exception of the churches of Cellole and San Pietro, San Gimignano is in the diocese of the Bishop of Colle. The chief ecclesiastical dignitary of the town, the head of the Collegiata, is the Proposto or Provost—at present the learned Don Ugo Nomi-Pesciolini, whose invariable kindness and courtesy to visitors are well known to English travellers.
[188] See the list given by Mr Berenson, Florentine Painters, pp. 132-134.
[189] “The bones of a virgin lie hidden in the tomb which thou beholdest, stranger; she is the glory, the example, the guardian of her fellow-citizens. Her name was Fina; this her native land. Dost thou seek miracles? Scan what the wall and life-like statues teach.”
[190] It has been argued that the last line of the epitaph proves that the frescoes were painted not later than 1475; but this is not by any means conclusive, as the subjects had probably been settled from the beginning.
[191] So I gather from Fra Matteo and Pecori; other writers call it the Palazzo Ardinghelli.
[192] See the Confessions, i. 9.
[193] Confessions, viii. 12.
[194] Ibid. ix. 10, 11.
[195] See above, p. 330 (and note).
[196] iii. 96.