. Un vitrail à la visite de l'Italie. de verre. De l'autre côté de la petite place en face de l'cathedrallies le Baptistère de Saint-Jean, et de son northerntransept est une grande chapelle contenant le ancientbaptismal font. Dans le mur est de cette chapelle est une fenêtre ronde de uncolored volets dans tolère une grande plage, riche, aux frontières et dans le centre est placé acommanding la figure de Jean le Baptiste d'almostlife la taille. Le contraste entre les teintes chair et le manteau rouge jeté sur lui, c'est excellent.Contrairement à l'habitude sur mesure italienne, il porte une date,1572. San Paolino a six de ses fenêtres vitrage ancienne inexcellent gl

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. A stained glass tour in Italy. glass. Across the small square in front of the cathedrallies the Baptistery of St. John, and off its northerntransept is a large chapel containing the ancientbaptismal font. In the east wall of this chapel is agreat round window of uncoloured panes within awide, rich border, and in the centre is placed acommanding figure of John the Baptist of almostlife size. The contrast between the flesh tints andthe red cloak thrown about him is excellent.Contrary to the usual Italian custom, it bears a date, 1572. San Paolino has six of its windows glazed inexcellent old glass, three in the west front, one atthe end of each transept, and one in the apse behindthe altar. This last named shows San Paolinoagainst a light tinted architectural background—about the only instance in Lucca of a failure to userich pot-metal glass in depicting stone work. Theembrasure above contains modern work. The back-grounds of all these San Paolino pictures are ofwarm blue. The appearance of brilliant red ribs in 122. INTERIOR OF SAN MARTINO, LUCCAThe old glass here is all concentrated in the apse seen in the background. Thereare no stronger or richer tones to be found in Italy. Lucca the groining of the canopies makes one surmise thatthey were by the same hand as those at the Cathedral.The coloured borders are good, but not so strikinglyrich as the Cathedral ones. An unusually darkpurple robe strikes ones attention in the centralwindow of the west front, as does also a strong redin the garments of the figures in the lights on eachside ; the palm branches in their hands indicate thatwe are looking at martyrs. A visit to Lucca leaves us with the vividimpression of warm pot-metal colour combinedmost effectively into a fine series of glass pictures.The writer is not surprised that it became rather ahabit during the Middle Ages to capture Lucca.He would very much like to have been present onone of those occasions if only to have participated inthe loot to the extent of

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