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AFTER CHRIST.

59. JACOPO of Germany.-Remodelling the buildings of the monastery of St. Francisco at Assisi; the Palazzo del Barjello; and the façade of the archbishop's palace, both at Florence.

60. NICOLA of Pisa.-Monastery and church of the Dominicans at Bologna; church of San Micheli; some palaces; and the octagonal campanile of the Augustins at Pisa; church del San Antonio at Padua; church of Santa Maria at Orvieto ; church de' Fratri Minori at Venice; abbey in the plains of Tagliacozzo, near Naples, as a memorial of the victory by Charles I. over Conrad; design for the church of San Giovanni at Siena, and for the church and monastery della Santissima Trinita at Florence; Dominican monastery at Arezzo, carried out by Maglione, his scholar. Repairs and alterations to the duomo at Volterra, and the Dominican monastery at Viterbo.

61. HENRI DE NARBONNE of France.-Cathedral at Gerona, in Spain, which city he undertook to visit six times a year.

62. JACOBUS DE FAVARIIS of Narbonne, in France.-Succeeded him at Gerona. 63. Fuccio or FUCIUS of Italy.-Perhaps restored the church of Santa Maria sul' Arno at Florence. The gate and towers near the river Volturno at Capua. Finished the Castel Capuano, now the Vicaria, and Castello dell' Uovo, at Naples, commenced by Buono.

64. FERRANTE MAGLIONE of Pisa.-Cathedral and church of San Lorenzo at Naples. Palazzo Vecchio and many churches at Naples, in conjunction with Giovanni Benincasa. Dominican monastery at Arezzo, from the designs of Nicolo da

Pisa.

65. MASUCCIO of Naples.-Completed the Castel Nuovo, and the church of Santa Maria della Nuova; designed the churches of San Domenico Maggiore and San Giovanni Maggiore; restored the cathedral of San Gennaro; designed the Palazzo Sant' Angelo and Palazzo Colombrano; all at Naples.

66. GIOVANNI DA PISA, in Italy (son of Nicola da Pisa).-Campo Santo or public cemetery, and the tribune of the Duomo, at Pisa; Castel Nuovo, and the church of Santa Maria della Nuovo at Naples; façade of the cathedral at Siena; many buildings at Arezzo and other towns in Italy. He was the first architect in the modern style of fortification.

67. ERWIN VON STEINBACH, in Germany.-The portail of the cathedral at Strasbourg, from 1277 till his death in 1318. His son continued the work.

68. STEFANO MASUCCIO of Naples.-Church of Santa Chiara at Naples. The lower part of the campanile is attributed to him or to his pupil GIACOMO DE SANCTIS.

69. PEDRO PEREZ of Spain.-Commenced the cathedral at Toledo.

14th. Century.

70. ARNOLFO DI CAMBIO OF ARNOLFO DI LAPO of Florence.- Restoration of the ponte di Trinità; the church of Santa Croce; the walls of the city, with the towers; the loggia of the Or San Michele; the principal chapel of the Badia, enlarging the church and the campanile; Palazzo della Signori, now Pallazzo Veccnio; design, model, and foundation of the cathedral of Sta Maria del Fiore, with the Loggia and the Piazza dei Priori; all at Florence

71. JOHANNES De Middelton, of Durham.—As mason erected the lower part of the dormitory of the monastery; completed by Peter Dryng in 1401.

72. ANDREA DA PISA in Italy.-Designed the Castello della Scarperia at Mugello, at the foot of the Apennines; designed the church of San Giovanni at Pistoja; fort.fied and enlarged the ducal Palazzo Gualtieri at Florence.

73. AGOSTINO DA SIENA, or PA PISA, in Italy, and his brother ANGELO DA PISA.--North and west façades of the cathedral at Siena, and two gates; church and monastery of San Francisco; Palazzo de' Nove Magistrati; grand fountain in the piazzą opposite the Palazzo della Signoria; all of the council chamber, and Palazzo Publico; church della Santa Maria in Piazza Manetti, all at Siena, and all built by him in conjunction with his brother; also several works at Assisi, Orvieto, and other

towns.

74. WILLIAM BOYDEN of England.-Chief architect (or master mason) for the chapel of the Virgin at St. Albans Abbey Church.

75. HENRY (Lutomus, or stonemason) of Evesham, in England. -Chapter-house, refectory, abbot's hall, and kitchen of the monastery at Evesham.

76. WALTER DE WESTON of England. - Clerk of the works at Westminster, kept the rolls of expenses of the erection of St. Stephen's Chapel.

77. THOMAS OF CANTERBURY, in England.—Master mason, 1330, at St Stephen's Chapel,

Westminster.

AFTER CHRIST.

78. RAIMOND du Temple of France.-Great staircase at the Louvre at Paris. 79. RICHARD DE FARLEIGH of England.-Master mason at Bath and Reading; at Salisbury Cathedral he worked with ROBERT, the mason. (See No. 46).

80. NICOLAS BONAVENTURA of Paris.-Employed on cathedral at Milan 1988, followed by Jean Campomosia of Normandy, and by JEAN MIGNOT in 1399.

81. GIACOMO LANFRANI of Italy.-Church of San Francesco at Imola; church of San Antonio di Castello at Venice, and some tombs at Bologna,

82. JEAN RAVY or RAUT of France.-Finished the church of Notre Dame at Paris. 83. HANS HILTS, HILTZ, or HÜLTZ, of Cologne.—Conducted the works, after the death of the Steinbachs, at Strasburg Cathedral, to the four winding staircases up to the cupola. His son Hans completed the tower.

84. JOST DOTZINGER of Worms.-Succeeded Hiltz; he made the font, repaired the choir and the vaulting. He had sufficient influence to cause, 1452, the confederacy of the masons' lodges in Germany, and is considered by many as thus commencing the modern Freemasonry.

85. ALFONSO DOMINGUES of Lisbon.-Said to be the first architect engaged on the monastery at Batalha in Portugal.

86. DAVID HACKET, or AQUETE, or OUGUET, of Ireland.—Commenced the chapel of the founder at the Batalha, in Portugal.

87. WILLIAM OF WYKEHAM, bishop of Winchester, in England.-Supposed to have designed New College, Oxford, and the College at Winchester, both founded by him; rebuilt or cased the nave of Winchester Cathedral; and erected some portions of Windsor Castle.

88. WILLIAM DE WYNFORD, of England.-Master mason; was employed by Wykeham on many of his buildings.

89. ALAN DE WALSINGHAM, sacrist and prior at Ely, in England.-The Lantern Tower and accessory portions, and the Lady Chapel, at Ely Cathedral.

90. WILLIAM READE, bishop of Chichester, of England.-First library at Merton College, Oxford; Amberley Castle, Sussex; an eminent mathematician.

91. ANDREA DI CIONE, called Orcagna, of Florence, and his brother JACOPO DI CIONE.Additions to the Gran-ducal palace, and the Loggia de' Lanzi, at Florence. His brother built the tower and gate of San Piero Gattolino at Florence.

92. GAINSBOROUGH, or GaynisburG, of England.—Employed at Lincoln Cathedral, where his gravestone still exists.

92a. HENRY YEVELE OF ZENELEY, and STEPHEN LOTE, of London.-Contracted for the stonework of the tomb of the first wife of Richard II.; and devised the form and model for raising the walls of Westminster Hall, London.

15th. Century.

93. Filippo di SER BRUNELLESCO DEI LAPI of Florence.-Dome of the cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore at Florence. A council of artists from all parts was held in 1420, to advise on this scheme. The Palazzo Pitti, begun and half built by him, completed by Luca Fancelli; great part of the church of San Spirito; chapter-house and a chapel to the church of Ste. Croce; the church degl' Angeli, never completed; the fortress of Milan, and several works about that city; a model for the fortress of Pesaro; the old and new citadels at Pisa ; some other works there, as well as at Trento, and in other parts of Italy; and the drainage of the country round Mantua. He set the first example of a purer style in the architecture of Italy. 94. MICHELOZZO MICHELCZzı of Florence.-Palazzo di Medici, now Riccardi, the first building in Florence on modern rules; Palazzo Cafaggiolo, at Mugello; Dominican monastery and church of S. Marco; Noviziata della Santa Croce; chapel in the church dei Servi; Villa Medicea di Careggi, now Orsi; Palazzo Tornabuoni, now Corsi; with several other buildings at Florence. Library at the monastery of the Black Benedictines at Venice; Palazzo at Fiesole; some buildings at Trento; a beautiful fountain at Assisi, the old citadel at Perugia; alterations to the palace at Milan presented by Francisco Sforza to Cosmo di Medici; and other great works in various towns in Italy.

95. JUAN ALONSO OF ALFONSO of Spain.-Directed the construction of the castle of Mouraon in the Alemtejo; and designed the sanctuary church of the monastery at Guadalupe in Spain.

96. GIULIANO DA MAJANO, near Fiesole.-Scceeded Lapi at the Duomo at Florence; Palazzo del Poggio Reale at Naples, and many works in that city, besides fountains. An edifice in the first Cortile in the Vatican at Rome; palace of San Marco at Rome; and restored the church. Began to enlarge the church of Sta. Casa, at Loreto, completed by his nephew Benedetto da Majano,

AFTER CHRIST.

97. NORTON OF MORTON, of England (fellow and warden).—Restored St. Mary Redcliffe church, Bristol, after the fall of the spire in 1446.

98. JOHN DRYELL OF DAYELL OF DRUELL, of England. - Surveyor at the erection of Alt Souls' College, Oxford, of which he was a fellow.

99. ROGER KEYES, of England.-Fellow and warden of the college, succeeded to Dryell; he had been master of the works of Eton college, Berkshire.

100. WILLIAM HORWOD (freemason) of England. —Nave, aisles, and tower of the Collegiate chapel at Fotheringay, Northamptonshire.

101 NICHOLAS CLOOS, or CLOSE (afterwards bishop of Lichfield) of England. - Supposed to have designed King's College chapel, Cambridge; though, according to some,

his father was the architect.

102. CHRISTODOU LOS.-Mosque of Mahommed II. on the site of the church of the Apostles, with eight schools and eight hospitals, all at Constantinople.

103. BACCIO PINTELLI of Florence. --Church and monastery of Santa Maria del Popolo; the celebrated Capella Sistina in the Vatican; the hospital of Santo Spirito in Sassia; Ponte Sisto; the church of San Sisto; the church of St. Agostino; the church of San Pietro in Vincola; palace for the Cardinal del Rovere in Borgo Vecchio, all at Rome. Repaired the church and monastery of San Francesco at Assisi. The palace for the Duke Federigo Feltre at Urbino is attributed to him. He first set the example of grandeur in the architecture of chapels. 104. BARTOLOMEO SUARDI, Il Bramantino, of Italy. --Many works at Milan, and other parts of Italy.

105. GIOVANNI DEL Pozzo, of Cuenca, in Spain. -Dominican monastery, and a great bridge over the Huexar, near Cuenca.

106. ANDREA CICCIONE of Naples -Monastery and church of Monte Oliveto, now San Carlo Borromeo; great portal of the church of San Lorenzo; church of Sta. Marta; Palazzo of Bartolomeo Riccio, now Ercolense; and several other convents and palaces, all in the city of Naples.

107. ARISTOTILE ALBERTI or RIDOLFO FIORAVANIS of Bologna.-Restored the tower of the church of S. Biagio, at Cento, to its perpendicular position; removed the Campanile of Santa Maria del Tempio, at Bologna, several feet; rebuilt a bridge over the Danube in Hungary; built the Church of the Assumption at Moscow, in wl'ch city he is supposed to have built the Kremiin, and other works.

108. WILLIAM ORCHYEARDE of England.-Master mason of Magdalen College, Oxford. 109. FRANCESCO DI GIORGIO of Siena.-The ducal palace at Urbino, attributed also to Alberti, Luciano, and Pontelii.

110. TOMMASO FORMENTONE of Brescia.-Palazzo Municipale or Della Loggia, at Brescia, one of the four chief town-halls in Italy; continued by Sansovino and completed by A. Palladio.

111. LUCIANO DI MARTINO OT L, DI LAURANNA.—Palazzo for the Duke Federigo Feltre at Urbino, completed by Ponte.li.

112. LEONE BATTISTA ALBERTI of Florence.-Church of San Francisco at Rimini; churches of San Sebastiano and of San Andrea, at Mantua. The principal façade of Santa Maria Novella, at Florence, has been attributed to Alberti, but from the cireumstance of its being Gothic, it is more probably by Bettini; the gate and Corinthiën loggie are, however, from the designs of Alberti. Palazzo Rucellai; and the choir and tribune of the church della Nunziata, both at Florence. At Rome he altered the papal palace for Pope Nicholas V., and repaired the aqueducts of the Aqua Vergine, and decorated the fountain of Trevi. Many buildings in Italy are attributed to him, but are by his pupils.

113. JAN KELDERMANS of Germany.-Completed the old Hotel de Ville at Louvain, now the council chamber.

114. MATHIEU DE LAYENS of Louvain-Hotel de Ville at Louvain; choir of the church of Ste. Waltrude at Mons; Tabernacle. baptistry, and altar of the Virgin in the church of S. Leonard at Léau; completed the church of S. Sulpice at Diest, begun by S. van Vorst, and erected the tower.

115 HANS BOEBLINGER and MATTHAEUS BEBLINGER.-Commenced the Frauenkirche at Esslingen, near Stuttgart, continued by his son, who built the Katherinenkirche and the Spitalkirche. Employed on the cathedral at Frankfort-sur-Maine, and on that at Ulm. 116. RICHARD BEAUCHAMP, bishop of Salisbury, in England.—Built the great hall, parlour, and chamber of the palace at Salisbury; appointed master and supervisor of the works of St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle (where he was succeeded by SIR REGINALD BRAY, who was comptroller of the royal works to Henry VII.); and built a chantry chapel in Salisbury Cathedral.

AFTER CHRIST.

117. JOHN KENDALE of England.-Supervisor of the king's works throughout the realm. 1 Edw. IV.

118. JOHN ASHFIELD of England.- Master of the new works, 1473, at Bristol Cathedrai. Prior John Martyn succeeded him.

119. DONATO LAZZARI, usually called BRAMANTE d'Urbino, from the town near his birthplace. The octagonal church of Sta. Maria Incoronata at Lodi; two churches and a palace at Casale; church at Canobbio. At Milan, the church and sacristy of St. Satiro; chapel of the large lazaretto, and part of that building itself; the monastery of San Ambrogio and its cloisters, and the cupola of the church of Sta. Maria della Grazie. Designed and commenced the building of St. Peter's at Rome; many works in the Vatican, particularly the library and the Belvedere court, &c., for Julius II.; the circular Doric chapel in the convent of San Pietro Montorio; the palaces of S. Giacomo Scossacavalli, afterwards Giraud and Torlonia, del Duca de Sora, della Cancelleria (if not due to the brothers Giamberti Sangallo), dell' Nuovo dell' Imperiale; the churches of SS. Euloy de' Orfani, Lorenzo, and Damaso; cloisters of the monastery della Pace, &c., at Rome; the Strada Julia in that city; ducal palace at Urbino; Palazzo Publico at Brescia; church of Sta. Maria del Monte, near Forli; cathedrals at Città di Castello, Faenza, and Foligno; fortress at Civita Vecchia, and other engineering works at Milan; marble exterior to the Santa Casa at Loreto; Villa Imperiale near Pesaro, churches of San Sepolcro and of Santa Maria della Campagna at Piacenza; church of the Madonna, outside Todi, in the form of a Greek cross, in imitation of his design for St. Peter's; and many other works.

120. VENTURA VITONI of Pistoja.- Church dell' Umiltà at Pistoja, after the design of Bramante, whose pupil he was.

121. MARTINO LOMBARDO of Venice.-Scuola or confraternità di San Marco at Venice, and perhaps the church of S. Zaccaria in same city, but the interior is considered earlier. Other palaces there are attributed to him,

122. SIMONE POLLATUOLO, OF IL CRONACA, of Florence.-Façade and additions in the cortile to the Palazzo Strozzi, begun by Majano; convent of the Padra Serviti; sacristy of Santo Spirito; and the Council - Hall, all at Florence; church of San Francisco, at S. Miniato, near Florence.

123. NOVELLO DA SAN LUCANO of Naples.-Palace of Prince Robert Sanseverino, duke of Salerno, now a church; and restored the church of San Domenico Maggiore, both at Naples. 124. PIETRO LOMBARDO of Venice -Tomb of Dante, the poet, and its chapel in the church of San Francisco; the two great columns in the piazza, at Ravenna; clock tower to the church of San Marco; Palazzo Loredano-Vendramin-Calergi; church of Sta. Maria de' Miracoli; works at the ducal palace; besides many others at Venice; a cloister in the monastery of Santa Giustina at Padua; the Cathedral at Cividal del Friuli.

16th. Century.

125 JOHN ALCOCK (bishop of Ely) of England.-Comptroller of the royal works, temp. Henry VII; his chapel in Ely Cathedral; supposed to have designed St. Mary's, or the University Church, Cambridge; Collegiate Church of Saint Giles at Malvern, 126. WILLIAM BOLTON, prior of St. Bartholomew, Smithfield, in London.-Master of the works at the chapel of King Henry VII., at Westminster, and is supposed to have designed it.

127. GABRIELLO D'AGNOLO of Naples.-Church of S. Giuseppe; church of Santa Maria Egiziaca; palace of Ferdinando Or-ini, duke of Gravina, at Naples.

128. GIAN FRANCESCO MORMANDO of Mormanno.-Church of San Severino; Palazzo Filomarini; Palazzo Cantalupo; the small church della Stella, at his own expense; all at Naples.

129. JOHN COLE of England.-Master mason of the spire at Louth church, Lincolnshire. 130. JOHN HYLMER and WILLIAM VERTUE of England. -Freemasons, erected the vaulting of the choir of St. George's Chapel, Windsor.

131. GIULIANO GIAMBERTI, called San Gallo, of Florence.-Part of the cloister of the monastery of Santa Maddelena de' Pazzi at Florence; cloister for the Fratri Eremitani di S. Agostino: the Poggio Imperiale; fortress near the Porto a Prato, and other works, at Florence; a magnificent palace at Poggio a Cajano for Lorenzo di Medici. with a hall 163 feet by 68 feet by 65 feet high, having a ceiling the widest then known; repaired the cupola and roofed the church della Madonna at Loreto; restored the roof and decorations of the ceiling of the church of Santa Maria Maggiore; restored the church dell' Anima; Palazzo Rovere, near San Pietro in Vincolà, and other works at Rome; church of Madonna delle Carceri at

AFTER CHRIST.

Prato; Palazzo Rovere at Savona; an unfinished palace at Milan; fortress and Doric gate of San Marco at Lucca; works at Pisa; fortifications at Ostia. 132. MARTIN CHAMBICHES OF CHAMBIGES of Cambrai, in France. -Employed to construct the portail of the cathedral at Troyes. Directed with Jean Vast the erection of the transepts to the cathedral at Beauvais, and was succeeded by M. LALYE, 133. PIERRE GADYER of Paris. - Probably designed for Francis 1. the Château de Boulogne or Madrid, near Paris, now destroyed.

134. DOMENICO BOCCADORO, cailed Dominique de Cortone.-Remodelled the Hôtel de Ville at Paris to an Italian design.

135. TULLIO LOMBARDO of Venice.-Assisted his father Pietro in the Cappella Maggiore in the Cathedral at Treviso. At Venice, the palazzo Corner-Spinelli; the church of Sta. Maria de' Miracoli, and several other buildings and fine tombs. Cathedral at Belluno. The transept, if not the whole of the church of the Madonna della Grazie at Treviso, completed with the help of his kinsmen Giulio and Sante. 136. LEONARDO DA VINCI, near Florence.-Aqueduct of the Adda and other engineering works at Milan; 'various machines, plans, and works on architecture. 137. FRA GIOVANNI GIOCONDO of Verona, called Joconde in France.-"Diviseur des batimens"; bridge of Notre Dame at Paris; fortifications at Treviso; built the Fondaco de' Tedeschi, cleansing of the Lagunes, and made a design for the Ponte Rialto, all at Venice. After the death of Bramante, he was engaged with Raffaele and G. da San Gallo in erecting St. Peter's at Rome. Several works at Verona are attributed to him.

138. HANS HOLBEIN of Basle.-Gateway at Whitehall; ceiling of Chapel Royal at St. James's Palace; Wilton House, Wiltshire. Died 1543.

139. ROMBAUT KELDERMANS, of Malines.-Staircase to Hôtel de Ville at Oudenaarden; works to the lower portion of Hôtel de Ville at Gand; house for Grand Conseil at Malines; and chapel of the palace of the dukes of Brabant at Bruxelles. 140. LUDOVICO BERETTA of Brescia (?).—Façade of the church of Santa Maria dei Miracoli at Brescia, in a florid cinquecento arabesque style.

141. RAFFAELLO SANZIO of Urbino.-Continued the church of St. Peter at Rome, after

the death of Bramante, his master in architecture; engaged at the Palazzo Farnese, and stabling near thereto; repaired and altered the church of Santa Maria in Navicella; Palazzo Caffarelli, now Stoppani; the gardens of the Vatican; the façade of the church of San Lorenzo, and of the Palazzo Uggoccioni, now Pandolfini, all at Florence. 142. JOHN OF PAUDA in Italy.-Deviser of buildings to Kings Henry VIII. and Edward VI. of England. Supposed to have designed Somerset House; and Sion House, Middlesex. Also attributed to J. Thorpe (175), and J. Shute (200).

143. HECTOR ASHELEY of England.-Master mason and supervisor in the erection of Hunsdon House, Hertfordshire.

144. ROGER AMICE of England.-Surveyor to King Edward VI.; Almes Knight's lodgings at Windsor Castle.

145. ANDREA CONTUCCI of Monte Sansavino, in Italy.-The cappella del Sagramento in the church of Santo Spirito at Florence; palazzo della Canonica, and fortifications at Loreto; church della Nunziata at Arezzo; chapel for the monks of St. Agostino, and his own house at Sansavino; buildings at Venice; and a palace at Evora, with some other buildings in Portugal.

146. BARTOLOMMEO BUONO of Bergamo, in Italy.-Three chapels in the church of S. Rocco; bell chamber, attic and spire to the Campanile of San Marco; and superirtended the works at the Procurazie Vecchie, all at Venice,

147. GUGLIELMO DI BERGAMO, called I Bergamasco, of Italy.-Cappella Emiliana, near the Camaldolese in the island of Murano; palazzo di Calmerlenghi, near the ponte Rialto at Venice; palace at Portagruaro, at Friuli; porta di Santo Tom maso at Treviso; porta del Portello at Padua.

148. GIOVANNI DI OLOLZAGO of Biscay, in Spain -Cathedral of Huesca, in Arragon. 149. PEDRO DE GUMIEL of Alcala, in Spain. -Monastery of Sta. Engraçia at Saragossa ; college of S. Ildefonso at Alcala de Henares; and church of SS. Justo y Pastor. 150. JUAN CAMPERO of Spain. -Church and convent of S. Francis at Torrelaguna, in Spain; commenced the cathedral at Salamanca, under Gil de Hontanon; and the aqueduct. Removed a cloister at Segovia to the site of the new cathedral; and heightened the tower of the monastery of St. Maria del Parral, in that city.

151. ANTONIO GIAMBERTI (DA SAN GALLO) of Florence.-Churches of the Madonna at Montefiascone; the Canonicà, with a double loggia; fortifications at Civita Vecchia, Civita Castellana, Montefiascone, Perugia, and many other strong places in

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