At that time, the baptistery was surrounded by a cemetery with Roman sarcophagi, used by important Florentine families as tombs (now in the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo).
Durante ese tempo, o baptisterio atopábase arrodeado por un cemiterio de sartegos romanos, empregados coma tumbas por importantes familias florentinas (agora no Museo dell'Opera del Duomo).