Enciclopedia Cattolica

Plate XXXVI · Middle Ages

Vol. VIII (1952) · full-page plate
Left: CONSTRUCTION OF THE CATHEDRAL OF MODENA. Above: the architect Lanfranco orders the excavation of the foundations. Note the inscriptions: «Lanfrancus architectorum» and «Operarii». Below: the architect Lanfranco directs the first structures. Note the inscriptions: «Lanfrancus» and «Artifices» «Operarii». Miniatures from the Relatio translationis corporis s. Geminiani (13th cent.) - Modena, Archivio capitolare. Right: ACT OF HOMAGE. Miniature from the Chronicon (1347-49) by Egidio le Misuit, abbot of S. Martino di Tournai - Courtrai, Biblioteca della città, no. 135.
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Plate XXXVI
Left: CONSTRUCTION OF THE CATHEDRAL OF MODENA. Above: the architect Lanfranco orders the excavation of the foundations. Note the inscriptions: «Lanfrancus architectorum» and «Operarii». Below: the architect Lanfranco directs the first structures. Note the inscriptions: «Lanfrancus» and «Artifices» «Operarii». Miniatures from the Relatio translationis corporis s. Geminiani (13th cent.) - Modena, Archivio capitolare. Right: ACT OF HOMAGE. Miniature from the Chronicon (1347-49) by Egidio le Misuit, abbot of S. Martino di Tournai - Courtrai, Biblioteca della città, no. 135.

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