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* The Madonna with Saints (Neroccio di Bartolommeo Landi). Photogravure

Frontispiece

* Siena from behind San Domenico

3

* La Castel Vecchio, the oldest part of Siena

8

* On the Battlefield of Montaperti

facing 17

* A street in Siena

24

* La Croce del Travaglio

35

* La Lupa

42

* St Catherine of Siena (Andrea di Vanni)

facing 47

* Letter from St Catherine to Stefano Maconi

facing 56

* St Catherine’s Lamp

65

* The Mangia Tower

69

The Elevation of Enea Silvio Piccolomini to the Papacy as Pius II. (Pinturicchio)

facing 73

* Via Fontebranda

77

* The Porta Romana

95

The Pulpit of the Duomo (NiccolÒ Pisano and his Pupils). Photogravure

facing 100

The Font of San Giovanni of Siena (Giacomo della Quercia)

facing 104

* The Madonna and Child (detail from Duccio’s Altarpiece). Photogravure

facing 112

* Bastion outside the Porta Pispini, erected by Baldassare Peruzzi

116

* Via Giovanni DuprÈ

121

* The Palazzo Pubblico

133

* The Market-Place

146

* The Duomo

151

* Interior of the Duomo

163

The Canonisation of Saint Catherine, from Pinturicchio’s fresco. Photogravure

facing 174

The Crucifixion, by Duccio di Buoninsegna. Photogravure

facing 178

* Steps beside the Baptistery

180

* Fontebranda

189

* House of St Catherine

193

* Via della Galluzza

199

The Ecstasy of St Catherine. Detail from Bazzi’s fresco. Photogravure

facing 204

* A suburban Chapel

212

* Banner-holder in the Piazza Postierla

217

* An old fanale in the Piazza San Giusto

223

* Via dei Termini

229

* Porta Ovile

237

* Remains of a Mural Tower

244

* Palazzo Saracini

249

* The Tower of Sant’ Ansano

255

* Pozzo della Diana

259

* Via delle Sperandie

263

* Via della Fonte

267

* Fonte San Maurizio

279

* Piazza and Palazzo Tolomei

287

* At the older circuit of the walls

296

* Fountain outside Posta Ovile

299

Coronation of Virgin (Andrea della Robbia)

facing 304

* A Miracle of St Benedict (Bazzi)

facing 314

* Maurus and Placidus (Bazzi)

facing 320

* San Gimignano

facing 325

Apparition of St Gregory. (Domenico Ghirlandaio)

facing 330

* In the Town of the Fair Towers

facing 340

The Funeral of Santa Fina (Domenico Ghirlandaio)

facing 349

Heads of Choristers (Domenico Ghirlandaio)

facing 352

St Augustine at School. (Benozzo Gozzoli)

facing 358

* Map of Siena

facing 372

* These illustrations are reproduced, with permission, from photographs by Messrs Alinari of Florence.

These illustrations are reproduced, with permission, from photographs by Messrs Lombardi of Siena.

We are indebted to Signor Enrico Torrini of Siena for permission to make use of his map.

The remaining illustrations are all from drawings by Helen M. James.

The Story of Siena
and
San Gimignano

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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