[A Wanderer in Florence by E. V. Lucas]@TWC D-Link bookA Wanderer in Florence CHAPTER XIV 14/44
The Borgherini fireplace is a miracle of exquisite work, everything having received thought, the delicate traceries on the pillars not less than the frieze.
The fireplace is in perfect condition, not one head having been knocked off, but the Gualberto reliefs are badly damaged, yet full of life.
The angel under the saint's bier in No.
104 almost moves. In this room look also at the beautiful blades of barley on the pillars in the corner close to Brutus, and the lovely frieze by an unknown hand above Michelangelo's Martyrdom of S.Andrew, and the carving upon the two niches for statues on either side of the door. The little room through which one passes to the Michelangelos may well be lingered in.
There is a gravely fine floor-tomb of a nun to the left of the door--No.
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