Covent Garden, W.C. * * 1908

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“La cognitione del tempo preterito e del sito della terra è ornamento e cibo delle menti umane.”

Leonardo da Vinci.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I
PAGE
The Ambrosian City[1]
CHAPTER II
The Patarini[26]
CHAPTER III
The Free City[42]
CHAPTER IV
The Reign of Faction[62]
CHAPTER V
The Visconti[86]
CHAPTER VI
From Visconti to Sforza[116]
CHAPTER VII
The Opening of the Gate[147]
CHAPTER VIII
The Sorrow of Milan[189]
CHAPTER IX
Art in Milan[208]
CHAPTER X
The Duomo[224]
CHAPTER XI
The Basilica of St. Ambrogio[256]
CHAPTER XII
San Lorenzo. Romanesque Buildings[278]
CHAPTER XIII
Gothic and Renaissance Buildings[302]
CHAPTER XIV
The Brera Picture Gallery[335]
CHAPTER XV
Other Galleries and Museums[352]
CHAPTER XVI
The Castello[368]
Table of the Visconti[392]
Table of the Sforza[393]
Appendix[395]
Index[397]

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