SAN GIMIGNANO, its appearance, 324, 325; its origin, 325, 326; early history of, 326, 327; wars with Volterra, 328; factions and change of government, 328, 329; Santa Fina of, 329, 330; follows the fortunes of the Guelfs, 331; its golden age, 332; San Bartolo and Dante at, 333, 334; its wars with Volterra and hostility to Henry VII., 334; its poet, 334, 335; the conspiracy of the Baroncetti, 335, 336; trouble with Florence, 336; first submission to Florence, 337; the factious of the Ardinghelli and Salvucci, 337-339; appeal of its poetic chronicler, 339; final submission to Florence, 340-342; under Florentine rule, 342; its painters and famous men, 342, 343; its walls and towers, 344; the Collegiata or Pieve, 345-351; the Palazzo Comunale, 351-354; other palaces and towers, 354, 355; Sant' Agostino of San Gimignano, 356-360; San Pietro and Santa Chiara, 360; the Spedale di Santa Fina, 360, 361; San Girolamo and San Jacopo, 361; the Porta della Fonte, 361; other churches and buildings, 362, 363; Cellole, 363; the Rocca di Montestaffoli, 363, 364; a day of festa at the Town of the Beautiful Towers, 364, 365. Sano di Matteo, sculptor and architect (working from 1392 to 1434), designed the Loggia di Mercanzia, 247. ---- di Pietro, painter (1406-1481), 109; his pictures in the Istituto di Belle Arti, 111, 113; frescoes in the Palazzo Pubblico, 139, 147; other works by him in Siena, 251, 258, 271, 293; his pictures in the Osservanza, 299, 300. Sansedoni, Frate Ambrogio, 305. Saracini, family of the, 2, 37; lead rising against the Riformatori, 41; take part in riot in the Campo, 130; their palace, 248-251. ---- Alessia, associate of St Catherine, 47, 62, 66, 204. ---- Ippolito, hero of a _novella_, 291. ---- Marcello, murdered, 98. ---- Piero di Duccio, podestà of San Gimignano, 336. ---- Sapia, the Dantesque legend of, 20, 22. Savini, Nanni, gives Belcaro to St Catherine, 303. Saviozzo. See Forestani. Savonarola, Fra Girolamo, reforms the convent of Santo Spirito at Siena, 268, 281; his preaching at San Gimignano, 350, 351, 362. Scotti, family of the, 41, 130. Senius, legendary founder of Siena, 1, 2. Sermini, Gentile, novelist, 291. Schiatte Maggiori, the, 2, 31. Sigismund, Roman Emperor (Luxemburg), 71, 72, 158, 270. Signorelli, Luca, painter (1441-1523), 115, 118, 119, 202, 248; his frescoes at Monte Oliveto Maggiore, 317, 320, 321. Segna di Tura, painter (working in the early years of the Trecento), 103, 104, 105. Sfondrato, Francesco, 218, 274.