[129] It must be remembered that the only wealth of these hill-set
Umbrian cities, or rather the only source of life, comes from the
fields outside them. There is no commerce or manufacturing of any sort
in a town like Città della Pieve.
[130] _Descent from the Cross_ by Perugino. A door was at one time
driven through the fresco, thus exactly cutting away the principal
figure--that of our Saviour. The picture has been spoilt in other
ways; but it is full of Pietro's graceful sentiment, and the group of
the Marys at the foot of the cross is one of the most touching things
that we remember of the Master.
[131] See _Pélérinages Ombriens_, p. 265. M. Broussole had been
staying at Città della Pieve, and, carried away by the excessive charm
of the place, he revolted a little from the learned dissertations of a
local historian, and broke into the sentiments which we quote above.
* * * * *
Typographical errors corrected by the etext transcriber:
John Addington Symond's "Sketches in Italy,"=> John Addington Symonds'
"Sketches in Italy," {pg 68 fn 36}
Pietro Vanucci=> Pietro Vannucci {pg x 4}
d'ou toute la vallée se découvre=> d'où toute la vallée se découvre {pg
82}
the tops of their sarcophag=> the tops of their sarcophagi {pg 274}
C'est l'Appenin, avec ses bandes de contre-forts=> C'est l'Apennin, avec
ses bandes de contre-forts {pg 290}
CONVENT of S. Guiliana, 100.=> CONVENT of S. Giuliana, 100. {pg 320}
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Margaret Symonds and Lina Duff Gordon
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