The Story of Siena and San Gimignano

by Edmund G. Gardner

E. G. G.

October 1902.

CONTENTS

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[CHAPTER I]
The Republic of Siena	[1]
[CHAPTER II]
Saint Catherine of Siena	[43]
[CHAPTER III]
The People and the Petrucci	[67]
[CHAPTER IV]
The Sculptors and Painters of Siena	[99]
[CHAPTER V]
The Campo of Siena and the Palace of the Commune	[126]
[CHAPTER VI]
The Duomo and the Baptistery	[149]
[CHAPTER VII]
In the Footsteps of Saint Catherine	[184]
[CHAPTER VIII]
The Last Days of the Republic	[210]
[CHAPTER IX]
Through the City of the Virgin	[246]
[CHAPTER X]
Some Famous Convents and Monasteries	[298]
[CHAPTER XI]
San Gimignano	[324]
[CHAPTER XII]
In the Town of the Beautiful Towers	[344]
[The Family of Pope Pius the Second]	[297]
[Bibliographical Appendix]	[366]
[General Index]	[373]

ILLUSTRATIONS

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* The Madonna with Saints (Neroccio di Bartolommeo Landi). Photogravure	[Frontispiece]
* Siena from behind San Domenico	[3]
* La Castel Vecchio, the oldest part of Siena	[8]
* On the Battlefield of Montaperti	[facing 17]
* A street in Siena	[24]
* La Croce del Travaglio	[35]
* La Lupa	[42]
* St Catherine of Siena (Andrea di Vanni)	[facing 47]
* Letter from St Catherine to Stefano Maconi	[facing 56]
* St Catherine’s Lamp	[65]
* The Mangia Tower	[69]
† The Elevation of Enea Silvio Piccolomini to the Papacy as Pius II. (Pinturicchio)	[facing 73]
* Via Fontebranda	[77]
* The Porta Romana	[95]
† The Pulpit of the Duomo (Niccolò Pisano and his Pupils). Photogravure	[facing 100]
† The Font of San Giovanni of Siena (Giacomo della Quercia)	[facing 104]
* The Madonna and Child (detail from Duccio’s Altarpiece). Photogravure	[facing 112]
* Bastion outside the Porta Pispini, erected by Baldassare Peruzzi	[116]
* Via Giovanni Duprè	[121]
* The Palazzo Pubblico	[133]
* The Market-Place	[146]
* The Duomo	[151]
* Interior of the Duomo	[163]
† The Canonisation of Saint Catherine, from Pinturicchio’s fresco. Photogravure	[facing 174]
† The Crucifixion, by Duccio di Buoninsegna. Photogravure	[facing 178]
* Steps beside the Baptistery	[180]
* Fontebranda	[189]
* House of St Catherine	[193]
* Via della Galluzza	[199]
† The Ecstasy of St Catherine. Detail from Bazzi’s fresco. Photogravure	[facing 204]
* A suburban Chapel	[212]
* Banner-holder in the Piazza Postierla	[217]
* An old fanale in the Piazza San Giusto	[223]
* Via dei Termini	[229]
* Porta Ovile	[237]
* Remains of a Mural Tower	[244]
* Palazzo Saracini	[249]
* The Tower of Sant’ Ansano	[255]
* Pozzo della Diana	[259]
* Via delle Sperandie	[263]
* Via della Fonte	[267]
* Fonte San Maurizio	[279]
* Piazza and Palazzo Tolomei	[287]
* At the older circuit of the walls	[296]
* Fountain outside Posta Ovile	[299]
† Coronation of Virgin (Andrea della Robbia)	[facing 304]
* A Miracle of St Benedict (Bazzi)	[facing 314]
* Maurus and Placidus (Bazzi)	[facing 320]
* San Gimignano	[facing 325]
† Apparition of St Gregory. (Domenico Ghirlandaio)	[facing 330]
* In the Town of the Fair Towers	[facing 340]
† The Funeral of Santa Fina (Domenico Ghirlandaio)	[facing 349]
† Heads of Choristers (Domenico Ghirlandaio)	[facing 352]
† St Augustine at School. (Benozzo Gozzoli)	[facing 358]
* Map of Siena	[facing 372]
* These illustrations are reproduced, with permission, from photographs by Messrs Alinari of Florence.
† These illustrations are reproduced, with permission, from photographs by Messrs Lombardi of Siena.
We are indebted to Signor Enrico Torrini of Siena for permission to make use of his map.
The remaining illustrations are all from drawings by Helen M. James.