Their robes of linen pure are made, White, roseate, and of mingled hues; Fair garlands on their heads they wear, Fit crowns to crown them priests of love.
No head is there ungarlanded, And youthful beams each joyous face; In that bright court refreshed they move Where everything o'erflows with love.
The garlands made of blossoms fair, Shine brighter than the purest gold, The pearly daisies glisten there Emblazoning the heavenly love.
[34] Venturi, Le Gallerie Italiane. La Galleria Nazionale di Roma, vol. II, p. 89.
[35] See Gazette de Beaux Arts, 1888. W. Bode, La Renaissance au Musée de Berlin; IV. Les Peintres Florentins du XVme siècle, p. 473.
[36] Cavalcaselle, Storia della Pittura, II, p. 369, note 2. Venturi thinks that the picture approaches more to the art of Gentile da Fabriano. See Vasari, Gentile da Fabriano e Pisanello. Firenze, Sansoni, 1897, p. x.
[37] Vasari, II, Vita di Michelozzo, p. 440.
[38] Richa, Le Chiese Fiorentine, VII, p. 117.
[39] Vol. II, p. 440. In October 1438 the monks demanded a subsidy to rebuild the dormitory which had been destroyed by fire. Gaye, I, p. 553.
[40] Vol. II, p. 441. Some chroniclers attribute the design of the convent to Brunelleschi, and the direction and execution of the work to Michelozzi. The building was probably completed in 1443.