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attendance.^ According to custom, the bride was supported by 

 two of her kin, who gave her away, as it were, and one of whom 

 held her finger for the placing of the ring. The two kinsmen 

 were in this case the uncles of the bride, Bernabo Visconti* and 

 Amedeo of Savoy,^ the former of whom is described as holding 

 her finger.^ As the Bishop of Novara,^ Oldrado,^ celebrated 

 high mass in the basilica with great solemnity,^ and accompanied 

 by numerous clergy,^*^ it is probable that it was he who performed 

 the ceremony of uniting the couple. 



Facade of Santa Maria Maggiore, Milan. 



(From Boito, // Duomo di Milano, title-page.) 



being from Rosmini (2. 212), and the second from Boito (as above, 

 tide-page). 



^Corio; Annal. Med.; Frag. 



*Who had unexpectedly come from Guastalla, with a picked body of 

 nobles (Corio, p. 469) ; cf. pp. 47-8. 



^ Annal. Med. 



^ Corio; Annal. Med. Perhaps we may understand that both did. 

 Corio mentions only Bernabo; Annal. Med. mentions Bernabo, 'qui 

 tenuit digitum sponsae una cum Comite Sabaudiae avunculo suo, videlicet 

 ambo a lateribus sponsae.' 



^ Corio; Annal. Med.; Frag. 



^ So Giulini 5. 511. 



® Corio. Annal. Med.: 'in pontificalibus.' 



^'Frag. 



