"S. Giovanni." Bk. i., cap. 42. Villani states that
it was originally built by the Romans in the time of
Octavian as a temple to Mars.

67. 25. "M. Farinata degli Uberti."_Cf_, p. 30 above. After
the battle of Montaperti in 1260, in which the
Sienese aided by the Ghibelline exiles of Florence
won a complete victory over the Florentines, a
council was held in which it was proposed to destroy
Florence utterly. The project was defeated by
Farinata, one of the most prominent of the victorious
Florentines. _Villani_, bk. vi., cap. 81. _Cf_, Dante
_Inferno_, x. 1. 92.

75. 19. "M. Forese da Rabatta," _Decameron_, 6th Day,
Novella 5.

81. 23. "life of the patient Job." It is now a well
established fact that these frescoes were painted by
Francesco da Volterra in 1371, several years after
Giotto's death.

85. 10. "Oh dissi lui," etc.
"Oh," I exclaimed,
"Art thou not Oderigi, art not thou
Agobbio's glory, glory of that art
Which they of Paris call the limner's skill?
Brother, said he, with tints that gayer smile,
Bolognian Franco's pencil lines the leaves.
His all the honour now; mine borrowed light."
--Cary.

102. 4. "Franco Sacchetti," born at Florence in 1335. His
Novelle were considered the best after those of
Boccaccio.

110. 24. Where the Giglion joins the Chiassa
There did my ancestors flourish
Who bear six golden stones on azure ground.

151. 14. "An eagle on the back of a lion." The bishop was a
prominent Ghibelline, whose figure was the imperial
eagle, while the lion signified the opposing Guelph
party. Buffalmacco as a Florentine would belong to
the latter faction.

155. 5. "Voi che avvisate," etc.
Ye who behold this painting
Think, weigh and consider
Upon the merciful God, supreme creator,
Who made all things in love.
He fashioned that angelic nature in new orders,
In that resplenden