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the Tombe of Brunelleschi, or Philippus Brunaltius, who made the Cupola of this Church: as also the Tombe of Giotto, who made the Campanile, or fine Steeple here. In fine, here lies also Cimabue the famous Painter of his time.Vassari in the Lives of Painters, in Cimabue. It was he that first restored Painting again, which had been lost for many years in Italy, and taught it to Giotto, Gaddi, Taffi and others, who carried it on to a great height.
13.The Campanile. Near to the Domo stands the Campanile, or high Steeple of Florence made by Giotto. Its a hundred and fifty Braccie, or little yards high, and half as deep in the ground. Its flat at top, and crusted all over with curious little polished Marble stones, Marble Pillars, and Statues: so that (as Charles the V. said of it) if it had a case to cover it withal, and hinder it from being seen too frequently, men would flock thither at the taking off of this cover, as to see a wonder. Indeed its a kind of wonder to see, that in three hundred years space, not the least part of that Steeple (all crusted overwith
