[A Wanderer in Florence by E. V. Lucas]@TWC D-Link bookA Wanderer in Florence CHAPTER XVIII 22/37
Here also is Antonino's death-mask.
The terra-cotta bust of him in Cosimo's cell is the most like life, but there is an excellent and vivacious bronze in the right transept of S.Maria Novella. Before passing downstairs again the library should be visited, that delightful assemblage of grey pillars and arches.
Without its desks and cases it would be one of the most beautiful rooms in Florence.
All the books have gone, save the illuminated music. In the first cloisters, which are more liveable-in than the ordinary Florentine cloisters, having a great shady tree in the midst with a seat round it, and flowers, are the Fra Angelicos I have mentioned.
The other painting is rather theatrical and poor.
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