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قراءة كتاب The Story of Siena and San Gimignano
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THE
S T O R Y O F S I E N A
AND
SAN GIMIGNANO
BY
EDMUND G. GARDNER
ILLUSTRATED BY
HELEN M. JAMES
AND MANY REPRODUCTIONS
FROM THE WORKS OF
PAINTERS AND SCULPTORS
1902
LONDON: J. M. DENT & CO.
ALDINE HOUSE, W.C.
To
THE MEMORY
OF
HELEN M. JAMES
PREFACE
THIS present volume is intended to provide a popular history of the great Republic of Siena, in such a form that it can also serve as a guide-book to that most fascinating of Tuscan cities and its neighbourhood. San Gimignano has been included, because no visitor to Siena leaves the “fair town called of the Fair Towers” unvisited; I have made special reference to it in the title of the book, to lay stress upon the point that, although for administrative purposes San Gimignano is included in the province (and in the circondario) of Siena, its history is practically distinct from that of Siena and is more intimately connected with the story of Florence.
The appended list of books and authorities, needless to say, is not a complete bibliography, nor even a catalogue of those quoted in the course of this work. It only represents some of those that my readers will find most useful and helpful, or that will supply further information upon many topics which the limits of this series of Mediaeval Towns have compelled me to treat somewhat cursorily and scantily.
The lamented death of Miss Helen M. James deprived us of her assistance in the illustration of the last three chapters, more especially of the two dealing with San Gimignano. Her work has been at the service of this series from the beginning; but it is, perhaps, especially those who have had the privilege of knowing her, and who have had the opportunity of appreciating her character and her personality, that will realise the greatness of this loss. My friend and publisher, Mr. J. M. Dent, associates himself with me in dedicating this volume to her memory.
E. G. G.
October 1902.
CONTENTS
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The Republic of Siena |
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Saint Catherine of Siena |
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The People and the Petrucci |
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The Sculptors and Painters of Siena |
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The Campo of Siena and the Palace of the Commune |
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The Duomo and the Baptistery |
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In the Footsteps of Saint Catherine |
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Through the City of the Virgin |
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Some Famous Convents and Monasteries |
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