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Collegiata di Santa Maria Assunta, San Gimignano

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suffered a disease which rendered her invalid. She lay each day on a wooden palette, and was nursed by two women. According to her legend, eight days before her death at the age of fifteen, Fina had a vision of Pope Gregory who told her that death was near. On the day of her death, 12 March 1253, the bells of San Gimignano rang spontaneously, and large pale mauve flowers grew around her palette. As her nurse laid out her body, her hand moved, touching the nurse and healing her of paralysis that she had suffered as the result of many hours of supporting Fina's head. On the day of her funeral, a blind choir boy had his sight restored by touching her feet. It is said that mauve flowers bloom in San Gimignano every year on the anniversary of her death.
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period, with his date of activity given as 1239, but in fact his contribution may have been little more than the design of the central ocular window. Beneath this window is a slot which marks the place of a window which lit the chancel of the earlier church, and may be the most visible sign of the church's reorientation in the 12th century rebuilding, although this is not entirely agreed upon by scholars.
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in 1465. The work was commissioned by the people of San Gimignano as the result of a vow that they made to honour the saint, whose intervention was believed to have brought relief from an outbreak of plague in 1464. The painting shows the figure of Christ and the Virgin Mary in Glory, while below, St
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by date and decoration, the profiles of the ribs are semi-circular in the Romanesque manner. The clerestory has small windows, inserted when the nave was vaulted, along with lancet windows in the north aisle, the aisle windows were subsequently blocked for the painting of the fresco cycle, making the
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of square plan, with a single arched opening in each face. The campanile may be that of the earlier church, as it appears to mark the extent of the original western facade, or it may have been one of the city's many tower houses, pressed into service of the church. To the south side of the church is
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This chapel off the right aisle, which has been described as "one of the jewels of Renaissance architecture, painting and sculpture", is dedicated to a young girl, Serafina, known as "Fina" and regarded locally as a saint. Fina, a child renowned for her piety, was orphaned at an early age, and then
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The wall of the left aisle had six decorated bays, of which the paintings of the first bay are in poor condition and those of the sixth have been damaged and in part destroyed by the insertion of the pipe organ. The remaining paintings, with the exception of a repainted panel in the sixth bay, are
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at the end of the nave and a smaller one giving light to each aisle. The facade, which is stone, was raised higher in brick in 1340, when the ribbed vaulting was constructed, and the two smaller ocular windows set in. Matteo di Brunisend is generally credited as the main architect of the medieval
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The scenes within the New Testament cycle are organised into four separate narratives, and do not follow a clear left-to-right pattern as do those of the left aisle. As with the left aisle, they are divided into three registers, the upper being the lunettes between the vaults.
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style. The facade, which has little ornament, is approached from the square by a wide staircase and has a door into each of the side aisles, but no central portal. The doorways are surmounted by stone lintels with recessed arches above them, unusual in incorporating the stone
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in the Town Hall of San Gimignano, in imitation of that done by Simone Martini at the Town Hall of Siena. The New Testament cycle of the right aisle appears to pre-date the Old Testament cycle and is generally accepted to date from c.1335-1345.
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The first church on the site was begun in the 10th century. During the early 12th century the importance of San Gimignano, and its principal church, grew steadily, owing to the town's location on the pilgrimage route to Rome, the
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states that they are the work of "Barna of Siena" and relates that Barna fell to his death from the scaffolding. The name "Barna" in relation to paintings at the Collegiate Church of San Gimignano appears to have originated in
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The Collegiate Church stands on the west side of Piazza del Duomo, so named although the church has never been the seat of a bishop. The church has an east-facing facade, and chancel to the west, as at
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During the 13th, 14th and 15th centuries, the church was enriched by the addition of frescos and sculpture. The western end of the building (liturgical east) was altered and extended by
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stands the font, which was removed from the church and placed in this position in 1632. It is hexagonal, with a sculptured relief on the side, that to the front being the
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decoration, the greater part of which dates from the 14th century, and represents the work of painters of the Sienese school, influenced by the Byzantine traditions of
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and two kneeling angels with candlesticks, the work of Benedetto Maiano, created at the same time as the altarpiece and tabernacle in the Chapel of Santa Fina, 1475.
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The crucifix of the chancel is by the Florentine sculptor, Giovanni Antonio Noferi, 1754. Noferi also designed the marble pavement of the chancel.
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This scene is painted in fresco on the inner wall of the facade and the adjoining walls of the nave. The work was completed in 1393 by
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dotted with gold stars, and the vaulting ribs are emphasised with bands of geometric decoration predominantly in red, white and gold.
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The chapel was built in 1477 and modified in the 17th century. The side lunettes have frescoes by Niccolo di Lapi representing the
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The second register has ten remaining scenes, with two at the furthest right having been lost with the insertion of the organ.
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stand towards the end of the nave. They were created around 1421 and later decorated with polychrome by Martino di Martolomeo.
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capitals. The chancel is a simple rectangle with a single arched window at the terminal end. The roofs throughout are of
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of the "Historic Centre of San Gimignano", with its frescoes being described by UNESCO as "works of outstanding beauty".
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Medieval Churches of the Val d'Elsa. The territories of the Via Francigena between Siena and San Gimignano, Empoli
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contained four scenes (destroyed in the 15th century) of post-crucifixion events which are thought to have been:
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Sebastian, standing on a Classical plinth and bristling with arrows, suffers martyrdom and is crowned by angels.
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In the Baptistery Loggia to the south of the church are several small frescoes of saints, and a major work,
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The six decorated bays of the right aisle, with scenes of the New Testament, pose a problem of authorship.
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architectural details of the church's interior are emphasised by the decorative use of colour, with the
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The people welcome Jesus to Jerusalem (the final two scenes are a single event spread over two frames)
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Benozzo Gozzoli's Frescoes of the Life of Saint Augustine in San Gimignano: Their Meaning in Context
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To the north side of the church, in the corner of the transept and chancel, stands a severely plain
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Bay five, beneath the lunette of the Slaughter of the Innocents, has a single large scene of the
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executed 1464-65, and another St Sebastian, showing the townsfolk sheltering beneath his cloak.
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The upper register shows the Birth of Christ. The series reads from right to left, in six bays.
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the Loggia of the Baptistry, a 14th-century arcaded cloister with stout octagonal columns and a
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The attribution of the New Testament cycle to Lippo Memmi, perhaps assisted by his brother
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Pharaoh and his soldiers are drowned crossing the Red Sea, from the Old Testament cycle by
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Chiese medievali della Valdelsa. I territori della via Francigena tra Siena e S. Gimignano
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between 1466 and 1468, with the work including vestries, the Chapel of Conception and the
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The upper register occupies the lunettes beneath the vault and depicts the story of
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Gazetteer, physicist, historian of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany, Florence, 1833-1846
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by Benozzo Gozzoli (1465) honours the saint who was invoked in times of plague.
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Two scenes from the story of Job. The Devil bargains with God over Job's faith.
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and translated by Richard Aldington. New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, Inc.
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Der Freskenzyklus des Neuen Testaments in der Collegiata von San Gimignano
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came to San Gimignano as the Ambassador of the Guelph League in Tuscany.
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The Expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden (very incomplete)
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The Devil has the men and herds of Job slaughtered. Bartolo di Fredi
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Medieval/Renaissance church with important architecture & art
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Is the name Barna an incorrect transcription of the name Bartolo
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A chapel dedicated to St Fina was built off the right aisle by
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The church is most famous for its largely intact scheme of
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Job, plagued by boils, is visited by friends. (incomplete)
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Joseph makes his identity known to his family (incomplete)
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God commands Adam and Eve not to touch the forbidden fruit
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and was commissioned by the Wool-workers Guild in 1379.
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Judas agrees to betray Jesus for thirty pieces of silver
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Judas receives thirty pieces of silver to betray Jesus
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von der Haegen, Anne Mueller; Strasser, Ruth (2001).
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Le carte del monastero di S.Maria in Firenze (Badia)
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Joseph, has his brothers arrested (very incomplete)
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Index


Affiliation
Roman Catholic
District
Archdiocese of Siena-Colle di Val d'Elsa-Montalcino
Ecclesiastical or organizational status
Minor basilica
Year consecrated
San Gimignano
Tuscany
Italy
Geographic coordinates
43°28′04.4″N 11°02′33.8″E / 43.467889°N 11.042722°E / 43.467889; 11.042722
Church
Style
Romanesque
Roman Catholic
collegiate church
minor basilica
San Gimignano
Tuscany
Renaissance
frescoes
Domenico Ghirlandaio
Benozzo Gozzoli
Taddeo di Bartolo
Lippo Memmi
Bartolo di Fredi
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Via Francigena

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