_The building of the Basilica and Convent of San Francesco. The Story of Brother Elias_ 117 CHAPTER V _Cimabue and his School at San Francesco_ 149 CHAPTER VI _The Paintings of Giotto and his School in the Lower Church_ 168 CHAPTER VII _The Sienese Masters in the Lower Church. The Convent_ 198 CHAPTER VIII _Giotto's Legend of St. Francis in the Upper Church_ 228 CHAPTER IX _St. Clare at San Damiano. The Church of Santa Chiara_ 258 CHAPTER X _Other Buildings in the Town_ 289 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_ PAGE _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