Brunelleschi's dome
Subtitle: the story of the great cathedral in Florence
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London, UK
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780099526780
Copyright date: 2000
Notes: First published in the United Kingdom by Chatto & Windus, 2000.
First published in paperback by Pimlico, 2001.
Printed and bound in Great Britain by Clays Ltd, St. Ives PLC.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cover: Engravings of Florence Cathedral by Jules Chauvet after drawings by Eugene Duquesne from Fragments d'Architecture du Moyen Age et de la Renaissance; panorama of Florence, 1490 from Carta della Catena, Museo di Frenze Com'era, Florence; portrait thought to be Brunelleschi from fresco by Masaccio and Filippo Lippi, Brancacci Chapel, Sta. Maria del Carmine, Florence.
Table of contents: label: 1
title: A More Beautiful and Honourable Temple
pagenum: 1; label: 2
title: The Goldsmith of San Giovanni
pagenum: 12; label: 3
title: The Treasure Hunters
pagenum: 22; label: 4
title: An Ass and a Babbler
pagenum: 33; label: 5
title: The Rivals
pagenum: 44; label: 6
title: Men Without Name or Family
pagenum: 51; label: 7
title: Some Unheard-of Machine
pagenum: 58; label: 8
title: The Chain of Stone
pagenum: 72; label: 9
title: The Tale of the Fat Carpenter
pagenum: 78; label: 10
title: The Pointed Fifth
pagenum: 83; label: 11
title: Bricks and Mortar
pagenum: 92; label: 12
title: Circle by Circle
pagenum: 102; label: 13
title: The Monster of the Arno
pagenum: 110; label: 14
title: Debacle at Lucca
pagenum: 120; label: 15
title: From Bad to Worse
pagenum: 130; label: 16
title: Consecration
pagenum: 139; label: 17
title: The Lantern
pagenum: 143; label: 18
title: Ingenii Viri Philippi Brunelleschi
pagenum: 154; label: 19
title: The Nest of Delights
pagenum: 160; title: Notes
pagenum: 168; title: Select Bibliography
pagenum: 175; title: Index
pagenum: 177