to Florence. PISTOJA. 52. Route. 361
oured and glazed , representing the seven works of mercy, an en¬
throned Madonna, and four virtues; below, the Annunciation, Ma¬
donna in glory, and Conception, in medallions, by Giovanni, Luca,
and Girolamo della Robbia, 1525-35. — "We now pass the Ospe¬
dale by the Via delle Pappe to the left, which leads to a small
planted piazza, follow the Via del Carmine to the left, and then the
first side-street to the right, to —
*S. Andrea (PL 9), a church of the 12th cent. , and probably
once the cathedral. On the architrave of the entrance are sculptures
of 1166, representing the Adoration of the Magi with the in¬
scription : 'Fecit hoc opus Gruamons magister bon. et Adodat frater
eius' {Gruamons and Adeodatus, 1160; see p. 358). Over the
door is a small statue of St. Andrew in Giov. Pisano's style.
Interior. The narrow nave and aisles are supported by twelve col¬
umns and two pillars. The "Pulpit with its numerous figures by Giovanni
Pisano, 1298-1301, a copy of that executed by his father at Pisa, is a
hexagon with reliefs from the Old Testament on five sides: Cruci¬
fixion, Last Judgment, Adoration of the Magi, Nativity, Slaughter of the
Innocents; below these are six figures of sibyls and prophets borne by
seven columns of red marble , a lion and lioness, a human figure, and
a winged lion with two eagles.
Turning to the right we enter the Via S. Prospero, and turning
again to the right we reach the Piazza S. Francesco with —
S. Francesco al Prato (PL 10), an Italian-Gothic church of
1294, with paintings by Margaritone and other masters. The
chapter-house is adorned with frescoes of scenes from the life
of St. Francis, attributed by Vasari to Puccio Capanna (perhaps
by Giovanni Cristiani, 14th cent.). Keys at the Palazzo del
Comune. — "We return by the Via Giuseppe Mazzini and the Via
Garibaldi (with the Pal. Cancellieri on the right, No. 945) to the
Piazza Cino, and proceed by a side-street to the right to —
S. Maria dell' TJmilta (PL 11), with a bare facade, erected
about 1509 by Ventura Vitoni, a pupil of Bramante, the dome by
Vasari. A fine oblong vestibule, adorned with frescoes by Vasari
relating to the miracle-working Madonna in the church, leads to the
handsome octagonal interior, with its elegant Corinthian wall-pil¬
asters in several stories, and pictures by Gerino and others.
On the way back to the station is —
S. Domenico (PL 12), in the Corso Vitt. Emmanuele, erected
in 1380.
Interior. 2nd Altar on the right: Madonna and Child, al fresco, by
Fra Paolino da Pistoja. Right Transept: Cappella Rospigliosi, with monu¬
ments of the family, and the miracle of S. Carlo Borromeo, by Jacopo da
Empoli. To the left in the Choir, St. Sebastian by R. Ghirlandajo. 2nd
Altar on the left, Crucifixion with saints; 3rd Altar on the left, the Virgin
and Thomas Aquinas, by Fra Paolino da Pistoja. Between the 4th and
6th Altars on the left, monument of the jurist Filippo Lazari (d. 1412),
by Bernardino di Matteo Fiorentino, 1464. — The Cloisters were decorated
with paintings by Sebastiano Veronese and others, 1596.
Farther on in the same street, to the left, is the church of
S. Paolo, with an Italian-Gothic facade.
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