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Photo by IJmil P. Albreclit 



rut tNTRANCt TO THE CHURCH AT CERTOSA (stt PAGlJ 540) 



The whole fagade is of wonderful richness, not only in the number, but also in the 

 character, of its carvings. The medallions of the plinth are the heads of Roman emperors ; 

 above are scenes from the life of Gian Galeazzo, the founder, and from sacred historv; and 

 around and about the windows, which are exquisite in themselves, is a wreath of delicate 

 sculpture, heads of angels, statues of saints and martyrs— all perfect as when they left the 

 sculptor s hand and mellow with the sunshine of 40O' years. 



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