Chapter XI

_The Church of Santa Maria degli Angeli. The
Feast of the Pardon of St. Francis or
the "Perdono d'Assisi"_ 335

ILLUSTRATIONS

_Statue of St. Francis by Andrea della Robbia in
Sta. Maria degli Angeli_
(_P. Lunghi--photo_) _Photogravure-Frontispiece_

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_The Temple of Minerva_ 3

_The Eastern Slope of Assisi with the Castle,
from the Porta Cappucini_ 10

_The Guelph Lion of Assisi_ 22

_The Arms of Assisi_ 37

_Assisi in the time of St. Francis_ 38

_Via di S. Maria delle Rose_ 58

_The Arms of the Franciscans_ 80

_Hermitage of the Carceri_ 82

_The Carceri with a View of the Bridge_ 89

_Side Door of the Portiuncula built by St. Benedict_ 99

_The Portiuncula in the time of St. Francis, from
the "Collis Paradisi"_ 107

_Assisi from the Plain_ 113

_Church and Convent of San Francesco_ 127

_San Francesco from the Plain_ 147

_The Lower Church_ 150

_Looking through the doors of the Upper Church
towards the Porta S. Giacomo and the
Castle_ 157

_Plan of the Lower Church and Monastery of
San Francesco at Assisi_ (_facing_) 168

_Choir and Transepts of the Lower Church_ 172

_The Marriage of St. Francis with Poverty_
(_D. Anderson--photo_) 179

_The Old Cemetery of San Francesco_ 194

_The Knighthood of St. Martin by Simone Martini_
(_D. Anderson--photo_) 201

_Bird's Eye View of the Basilica and Convent
of San Francesco, from a drawing made in
1820_ 213

_San Francesco from the Tescio_ 217

_Staircase leading from the Upper to the Lower
Piazza of San Francesco_ 220

_San Francesco from the Ponte S. Vittorino_ 222

_A Friar of the Minor Conventual Order of St.
Francis_ 225

_St. Francis Renounces the World_
(_D. Anderson--photo_) 233

_Death of the Knight of Celano_
(_D. Anderson--photo_) 247

_Arms of the Franciscans from the Intarsia of
the Stalls_ 257

_Door through which St. Clare left the Palazzo
Scifi_ 262

_San Damiano, showing the Window with the
Ledge whence St. Claire routed the Saracens_ 268

_Santa Chiara_ 282

_Santa Chiara from near the Porta Mojano_ 287

_Campanile of San Rufino_ 290

_Door of San Rufino_ 295

_The Dome and Apse of San Rufino from the
Canon's Garden_ 298

_Campanile of Sta. Maria Maggiore_ 309

_Church of Sta. Maria Maggiore_ 310

_Church of S. Pietro_ 313

_Confraternity of San Francescuccio in Via
Garibaldi_ 315

_Monte Frumentorio in the Via Principe di
Napoli_ 320

_House of the Comacine Builders in the Via
Principe di Napole_ 322

_Looking across the Assisan roofs towards the
East_ 325

_View of San Francesco from beneath the Castle
Walls_ 332

_The Garden of the Roses at Sta. Maria degli
Angeli_ 339

_The Fonte Marcella by Galeazzo Alessi_ 346

_An Assisan Garden in Via Garibaldi_ 347

_Umbrian Oxen_ 349

_Women from the Basilicata_ 351

_San Francesco_ 356

_Plan of Assisi_ 372

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