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of arcades witli small columns, and a similar arcade is carried round 

 the edifice under the roof. The baptistery which stands in front of 

 the cathedral, erected between 1154 and 1350, is a circular structure 

 with a dome, surmounted by a statue of John the Baptist. It also 

 has two tiers of superposed arcades. Its height is 180 feet; the diam- 

 eter inside is nearly 100 feet, outside 107 feet, so that the walls are 

 about 8 feet thick. The dome is 60 feet in diameter and is supported 

 on four piers and eight pillars. The campanile or leaning tower was 

 in process of construction one hundred and seventy-odd years, 1174- 

 1350. It is a cylindrical structure in eight stories. The lower story, 

 which is solid, has a height of 35 feet and is adorned with 15 three- 

 quarter columns. The six stories above this average 20 feet in 

 height, and are surrounded with an open arcade. The whole is 

 crowned with a similar circular tower, 27 feet high, in which the 

 bells are hung. The entire height is thus 182 feet. The diameter at 

 the base is 52 feet. The tower, in consequence of the giving away 

 of the foundations before the fifth story was reached, leans 11 feet 

 2 inches out of the perpendicular, and adding the 1 foot 10 inches of 

 the projecting cornice, it overhangs the base by 13 feet. 



The Campo Santo, or burial place, was begmi in 1278 and com- 

 pleted in 1464. It is an oblong building with a square tower in front, 

 surmounted by a cupola. It contains among others the tomb of 

 Henry VII, Emperor of Germany 1308-1313. It is a veritable 

 museum of medieval painting and sculpture. Height of the bap- 

 tistery of the model, 2^ inches. — Pisa, Italy. (Cat. No. 2f 7751, 

 U.S.N.M.) Gift of Mrs. Charlotte Emerson Main. 



261. Model of a church in Borgund, Norway.- — Made of wood. The 

 church is a wooden structure, with many pinnacles, givmg it the 

 aspect of a Chinese pagoda and suggesting the "house of seven 

 gables." This style of church architecture was at one time very 

 common in Norway, but is fast disappearing. Height, 8 inches; 

 length, 7| inches; width, 5 J inches. — Norway. (Cat. No. 249675, 

 U.S.N.M.). Gift of Miss Eliza R. Scidmore. 



262. Model of the tabernacle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter 

 Day Saints in Salt Lake City, Utah. — Made of wood. The tabernacle, 

 built in 1864-1867, is in the shape of an oval or ellipse, 250 feet long, 

 150 feet wide, and 80 feet high. It is covered with a wooden roof 

 with iron shingles, resembling a turtle sheU, which rests upon 44 

 buttresses of sandstone, but unsupported by pillars or beams, so that 

 the interior presents one of the largest unsupported arches in the 

 world. Between the buttresses are 20 large double doors opening 

 outward and affording speedy egress. Inside the building is sur- 

 rounded by a gallery, except at the west end where there are a plat- 

 form for speakers, seats for the choir, and one of the largest organs, 

 comprising 500 pipes. The building which is used for public religi- 



