_The Story of Milan_ [Illustration: _S^t. Roch._ _Fresco by Borgognone._ ] _The Story of_ Milan _by Ella Noyes, Illustrated by Dora Noyes_ [Illustration] _London: J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House, 29 and 30 Bedford Street Covent Garden, W.C._ * * 1908 ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— _All Rights Reserved_ ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— “La cognitione del tempo preterito e del sito della terra è ornamento e cibo delle menti umane.” LEONARDO DA VINCI. ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— CONTENTS CHAPTER I PAGE _The Ambrosian City_ 1 CHAPTER II _The Patarini_ 26 CHAPTER III _The Free City_ 42 CHAPTER IV _The Reign of Faction_ 62 CHAPTER V _The Visconti_ 86 CHAPTER VI _From Visconti to Sforza_ 116 CHAPTER VII _The Opening of the Gate_ 147 CHAPTER VIII _The Sorrow of Milan_ 189 CHAPTER IX _Art in Milan_ 208 CHAPTER X _The Duomo_ 224 CHAPTER XI _The Basilica of St. Ambrogio_ 256 CHAPTER XII _San Lorenzo. Romanesque Buildings_ 278 CHAPTER XIII _Gothic and Renaissance Buildings_ 302 CHAPTER XIV _The Brera Picture Gallery_ 335 CHAPTER XV _Other Galleries and Museums_ 352 CHAPTER XVI _The Castello_ 368 _Table of the Visconti_ 392 _Table of the Sforza_ 393 _Appendix_ 395 _Index_ 397 ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE _St. Roch, Fresco by Borgognone (Brera)_ _Frontispiece_