A colleague of mine wants to update the `Dictionary of art' article
on Assisi. I seem to remember that at some point someone on this list
sent an update regarding the state of basilica. Could you forward
some information on this list or directly at the following address:
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Many thanks in advance.
Francois.
There is some remarkable documentation on this. During the second
shock, when (I believe) the Fathers of the Church at the east (!) end
of the church came a-tumbling down - on two friars and two more
restorers - someone had a video camera going and recorded the whole
thing. Stills have been published in a recent book, Giorgio
Bonsanti, The Basilica of St Francis of Assisi: Glory and Destruction
(New York, Abrams, 1998) that records the damage quite precisely.
Is the Dictionary of Art poised for an edited re-edition then?
Cheers,
Jim Bugslag
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