The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1865-09-12

led tones brought 70 klortace, Dante :
I birth place. as Micbacl Angelo bad offer
ed 10 sculpture a seprlehre worldly 10 be
their last receptacle. The people of Ra.
yepna cried ou against this dcnand. and
I tlas bones once moss mysleriousy disa .
peared Il i NOT dcfEslelY stated when
or how they were restored. but ,ince they
we're destined 10 vanish again. they must
have been replaced. Whea Cardinal
Corsi, IN 1892, attempted 70 :epair the
chapel Of Dante, lLe iFiars suspected that
has object Was 10 grt possession Of these
I valued relies, and once more tbey became
invisible, Their repository was not again
discovered until the 27ta Of May, I565--
just after tile great Dante cvlebrat ion in
Florence.
The municipality of Rayenna having
approved oi the programme tor that les
tiyal, aud wishing 10 do further honor 70
the poet. ordered that ihe chapel OF Dante
should be opeaed aud repaired. The ma
sons employed on tie work found embed.
ded in ~all, from which they bad rc.
moved few stones 10 iaslen a pipe, a
badly made lirNood box. II was opened
I by tie masons, An Inscription within
trsli tcl lhai the bones il contained were
those OF Daute, placed there by Friar An-
tonic Sluli, l8lli Oh October, 1917. rhe
archives OF the Franciscan College were
examined, aud record Of his act made
by Friar Antonio Sanii was found.
Here was q g'ogious occasion for an.
,o;hrr .tssia, aud the 2lh, 2jtn and 2Gth
oi June were SCI apart for Dante's final
obseq ues. Military salules, professions,
bands Of music, oraIions aud banqaelings
formed part of lie ceremony.
F" Tie tolts were carried 10 the temple
Of Brac;i,uote, upon white satin cush-
ion, i, crystal urn, covered with a white
veil When the ,ei. was lifted tie Syndic
OF Rayenna made loaching address, and
then placed a wreath upon the urn. "A
second wreath va, offered BY tie Syndic
of Fiorenc. No priests were permitted
10 Oiliciate. Their ire was very naturally
rxcited,and they proaoueed the whole pro.
ceed MS sacrillgios,'
From the same interesting letter we
quote description Of tho celebration OF
Dante's birthday at Florence, where the
letter is dated;
:" The three days nali1nal Dante festi-
val ,in communication oi HE six Ilundredth
anniversary Of bis birthtooh place in Flor.
ance on the l4th, 10th and I6ih of May.
1860, and has netef, il is said, been sur.
passed Ia magnlficence least ia Italy.
:" 1t viii seem siigngss 10 our Americn
readers that Sunday mas ihe day upon
which the festival commented, bat llat sa
cred day is usuallxsbo,tn by Italians as
the iittesl lor a jukAase,
" A colossal sat6s d Dante was 10 be
lnaugurated on ne Pl4zza Santa Croce.
lhe piazza was rictly Adorned with deco.
raliye paintings, illustrative oil incidents
IA the life Of the poel, sarlands Of laurel
and flowers, trophies, aaners, einblemat-
ieal devices aud rich han.ngs. Indeed, |
the whole city was hung with flags, and
upon those houses IN which great cclebi- |
ties have lived, or did, or were born,
Their names were inscribed surrounded |
with garlands and trophies.
p" The procession was formed in the Pi
azza Sanlo Spirito At ten O'Clock in the |
morning. Men aud women marched bare
headed IN the broad sunshine. Conspic.
uous among the mOs renowned moved the I
great Ristori, tie most distiugu Shed ac.
tie 5 in Italy, She was arrayed in
tl1wing robe d gold colored silk, which
swept the streets, aud wore crown Of
gold upon her STACEY head, with a long.
rich, white vel. Her noble carriage, her
graceful, regal gait, and her handsome
features, won general admiration. Sal |
vini and Ross, the Two greatest Of Italian
actors, walked by her side. A superb
banner, representative Of the daamatic
art, Of which they each held a ribbon, was
borne befoi hem
F." When the proceS ion had assembled
IN the Piazzl Sama Croce, the solemn
bell Of tie Palazzo Vecchio sounded
tben followed ruperb music by the band
ot the National Guard King Victor
Emmauue gave the signal for the unvel-
ing oi Fazzis statue Of Dante, aad an ora
tion vas pronounced
The statue Is severely criticised on the
land and highly praised on the other
but II rs sullicien' that Pazzi, the sculptor.
10 native Of Ravenm for him to excite
the Jealoosy.of the Floentnes. 1t is said
he his made Dante ftowning upon un.
grateful Florence. lie king knighted
PazzI for his work.
Ia the evening The whole city was il.
iun ilated with dazzling bril- .cy, OF
which no language can give an adequate
conception. A triple row OF lights gle I'm.
ed along the whole length of the .Armo,
and reflected blaze in The water The
bridges, The Pnu Palace, the Palazzo
Vecchio, The Duano, Baptslsy, GiolUs +
1ampanbla' were ilelaIly 10 lhs Lingu.
age u Aurora sLeise,
Drawn IL Gre.
All Florence, frJm is princes and 90.
teniai's down 10 the loarsi eonialini.
poured lHia the sireats. HE order asd
1net preserved was wonderful. Grcai
- was tbr cros 81, ,hcrs was 10 josiling,
10 pushing, % rudeness 10 loBl ialkiag
The li1H q ivw voices aal ihe s3uni ii
music alone broke tie Shines. The q.
qeai band aud eisir were 10 Ie aea,a iu
TIE Piazza Santa Cgoce.
Upon lhe secod day, tbs celebration
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