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The Wedding 



This occupied a part of the site of the present Cathedral — which 

 was not begun till 1386 — and faced the same way as the latter. 

 A great number of knights, clergy, and other notables were in 





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Facade of Santa Maria Maggiore, Milan. 



(From Rosmini 2. 212.) 



about it, is given by Boito (p. 134), and other particulars concerning the 

 basilica are scattered throughout his book (see the index on p. 315). 

 New doors for it had recently been constructed by order of Galeazzo, 

 from the proceeds of a tax laid upon the merchants of Milan. They were 

 of marble, lined (intus) with beautiful reliefs (intaliis), and were very 

 costly (R. I. S. 16. 403-4). Some notion of the fagade may be gained 

 from the illustrations below, the first, and perhaps the more trustworthy, 



