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tect. of St, Peter’s had orders to 
construct a scaffolding for the work 
to be painted in fresco. When the 
scaffolding was finished he found it 
extremely objectionable, and in par- 
ticular from certain holes pierced in 
the ceiling, for cords to pass through 
to suspend a part of the machinery. 
He asked the architect how the cie- 
ling could be completed if they were 
suffered to remain? ‘To which he 
answered, It was impossible to avoid 
making them, and the remedy must 
be a subsequent consideration. This 
created a dispute, and Michel An- 
gelo represented it to the pope as a 
defect which might have been avoid- 
ed, if he had better understood the 
principles of mechanism. His holi- 
ness therefore gave him permission 
to take it down, and erect another 
in its stead. He then designed and 
constructed one so eomplete, that 
Bramante afterwards adopted it in 
the building of St. Peter’s, and is, 
most probably, that simpleand ad- 
mirable piece of machinery now used 
in Rome, whenever there is occasion 
for scatlolding to repair or construct 
the interioy of public buildings. 
This invention Michel Angelo gave 
to the poor man whom he employed 
as his carpenter, and, from the com- 
missions he received for making 
others on the same construction, he 
realized a sinall fortune.” * 
Having finished this, he began 
make designs for the sides of 
the chapel, to complete the de- 
sign, but, unfortunately for the 
arts, Julins died. He left it in 
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TER, 
charge to two eardinals, the one of 
1806. 
whem was his nephew, to see that 
his monument was completed. The 
cardinal nephew calculated the ex- 
pence, and his arithmetic was con- 
clusive ; the original design of the 
mausoleum was faid aside, and Mi- 
chel Angelo received instructions to 
make another, on a lim#ted scale, 
and at a stipulated price. 
From this work to which he was 
applyi ing himself with grateful feel- 
ing to the memory of Julius, Leo 
X. sent him, little to the liking of the 
cardinal-executors, and less to his 
own, to build the facade of the 
church of St. Lorenzo, at Florence, 
which had remained unfinished from 
the time of his grandfather Cosmo. 
«* As soon as he arrived in Flo- 
rence, he made his arrangements for 
executing the facade, and went to 
Carrara to order the marble which 
might be necessary, and also such 
as he should want for the monument 
of Julius, that in Florence no part 
of his time might be unemployed. 
At this period the pope received in- 
formation that good marble was to 
be obtained in the mountains of 
Pietra Santa*, in the Florentine 
state, equal in quality to that of.the 
quarries of Carrara; and while Mi. 
chel Augelo was there, he received 
a letter from his holiness, desiring 
that he would go to Pietra Santa, 
aud examine how far this informa- 
tion was correct. He obeyed his 
orders, and in a short time after 
sent him the result of his inyestiga- 
tiou, which did not prove so fa 
vourable 
* By his gains, Condivi says, he was enabled to give marriage portions with his 
“daughters, 
“ Distece Michel Angelo il ponte e ne cavo tanti canapi, che avendogli 
donati a uu pover uomo, che | aiuto fu cagione, ch’ egli ne maritasse due sue sigliuole. 
Cosi fece senza corde il suo, cost ben tessuto e composto, che sempre era pit fermo 
Quanto in aggior peso aveva.” 
+ Pietra Santa was the name of a castle, which gave this distinctive appellation 
to'the mountains in its neighbourheod. 
