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36 Angelico was interred by the brethren of his order in the church of the Minerva at Rome, beside the lateral door which opens on the sacristy. On his tomb, which is of marble and of a round form, is the portrait of the master taken from nature; and on the marble is engraved the epitaph, which may be read below: Non mihi sit laudi, quod eram velut alter Apelles,
 * Sed quod lucra tuis omnia. Christe, daham:

Altera nam terris opera extant, altera coelo
 * Urbs me Joannem flos tulit Etruriae.

In Santa Maria del Fiore are two very large books richly decorated with miniatures most admirably executed by the hand of Fra Giovanni Angelico; they are held in the utmost veneration, are most sumptuously adorned, and are only suffered to be seen on occasions of high solemnity. At the same time with Fra Giovanni lived the renowned Florentine painter in miniature, Attavante, of whom I know no other name. This master, among other works, illustrated a Silius Ttalicus with miniatures; it is now at San Giovanni e Paolo, in Venice, and I will here give certain particulars relating to this work, not only because they merit the atten-