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AFTER CHRIST.

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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 Salis-
bury Cathedral he worked with ROBERT, the mason. (See No. 46).

80. NICOLAS BONAVENTURA of Paris.-Employed on cathedral at Milan 1388, followed
by Jean Campomosia of Normandy, and by JEAN MIGNOT in 1399.

$1. 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.

9. NORTON OF MORTON, of England (f
church, Bristol, after the fall of

98. JOHN DEYELL OF DAYFLL OF DRUE
Souls' College, Oxford, of whic
ROGER KETES, of England.-Fello
he had been master of the work
WILLIAM HORWOD (freemason) of
chapel at Fotheringay, Northam
J. NICHOLAS CLOOS, or CLOSE (afterw
to have designed King's College
his father was the architect.
CERISTODOU LOS-Mosque of Maho
with eight schools and eight hos
BACCIO PISTELLI of Florence.-Ch
the celebrated Capella Sistina i
Sassia; Ponte Sisto; the chure
church of San Pietro in Vincola
Vecchio, all at Rome. Repaire
Assisi. The palace for the D
him. He first set the example
BARTOLOMEO SUARDI, II Bramant
parts of Italy.

His

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.
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.

GIOVANNI DEL Pozzo, of Cuenca, bridge over the Huexar, near C & ANDREA CICCIONE of Naples.-M Carlo Borromeo; great portal

Marta; Palazzo of Bartolomeo
rents and palaces, all in the city
ARISTOTILE ALBERTI OF RIDOLFO F
church of S. Biagio, at Cento, to

of Santa Maria del Tempio,
Danube in Hungary; built the
city he is supposed to have buil
WILLIAM ORCHYEARDE of England
FRANCESCO DI GIORGIO of Siena.-
Alberti, Luciano, and Pontel.i.
TOMMASO FORMENTONE of Brescia
four chief town halls in Italy
Palladio.

-LECIANO DI MARTINO or L. DI LA
Urbino, completed by Ponteli.
-LEONE BATTISTA ALBERTI of Flore
of San Sebastiano and of San
Maria Novella, at Florence, ha
stance of its being Gothic, it is
loggie are, however, from the
choir and tribune of the church
altered the papal palace for Po
Aqua Vergine, and decorated t
attributed to him, but are by h
JAN KELDERMANS of Germany.-
the council chamber.

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 MICHELOZzi of Florence.-Palazzo di Medici, now Riccardi, the first building in Florence on modern rules; Palazzo Cafaggiolo, at Mugello; Domi. nican 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 or 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.

4 MATHIEC DE LAYENS of Louvain of Ste. Waltrude at Mons; T church of S. Leonard at Léau by S. van Vorst, and erected t HANS BOFBLINGER and MATTHAE Esslingen, near Stuttgart, cont and the Spitalkirche. Emplo that at Ulm. RICHARD BEAUCHAMP, bishop of and chamber of the palace at Sa of St. George's Chapel at Win WALD BRAY, who was compe chantry chapel in S

96. GIULIANO DA MAJANO, near Fiesole.-Succeeded 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 or DAYELL or DRUELL, of England. - Surveyor at the erection of All Souls' College, Oxford, of which he was a fellow.

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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. CHRISTO DOU 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, II 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 FIORAVANTI 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 which 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, one of the
four chief town halls in Italy: continued by Sansovino and completed by A.
Palladio.
111. LUCIANO DI MARTINO or L. DI LAURANNA.—Palazzo for the Duke Federigo Feltre at
Urbino, completed by Pontelli.

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 circum-
stance of its being Gothic, it is more probably by Bettini; the gate and Corinthian
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 BOEBLINGER.-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 REGI-
NALD 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 Cathedral: 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 POLLAJUOLO, or 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 Orsini, 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.

123. 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 wid st 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

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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. PIERRE GADYER of Paris.-Probably designed for Francis I. the Château de Boulogne or Madrid, near Paris, now destroyed.

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

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.
LEONARDO DA VINCI, near Florence.-Aqueduct of the Adda and other engineering
works at Milan; various machines, plans, and works on architecture.
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 Raf-
faele 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.

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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.
LUDOVICO BERETTA of Brescia (?).—Façade of the church of Santa Maria dei Mira-
coli at Brescia, in a florid cinquecento arabesque style.
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 Far-
nese, 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 Pan-
dolfini, all at Florence.
142. JOHN OF PADUA in Italy.-Deviser of buildings to Kings Henry VIII. and Edward
VI. of England. Supposed to have designed Somerset House; and Sion House,
Middlesex.

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

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

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 superir-
tended the works at the Procurazie Vecchie, all at Venice.
147. GUGLIELMO DI BERGAMO, called Il 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 Vec-
chia, Civita Castellana, Montefiascone, Perugia, and many other strong places in

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AFTER CHRIST.

Italy. Altered the tomb of Hadrian at Rome to its present form as the castle of
S. Angelo, and its fortifications.

152. ANTONIO PICCONI (DA SAN GALLO) of Mugello, near Florence.- Completed the church of Sta. Maria di Loreto, near Trajan's column at Rome; the cupola is by G. del Duca. Palazzetto of the Counts of Parma, near the gate of Venice, and other palaces in Rome and repaired some rooms in the Vatican. Palazzo at Gradoli, and restored the fortress of Capo di Monte near thereto. Made a design for the fortress at Caprarola. Palaces for Bart. Ferratino, and Cardinal di Santa Prassedia; church for Cardinal Alborense; continued the erection of St. Peter's on a new plan, after the death of his uncle Giuliano da San Gallo; church of the Florentines, and of Santa Maria di Monferrato, all at Rome. Fortifications at Civita Vecchia, Parma, Arcona, Placenza, Perugia, and Florence. Church of the Madonna at Loreto, nearly rebuilt. At Castro he built the fortress, Palazzo l'Osteria, and the Mint. At Rome, triumphal arch of wood at the palace of S. Marco for the entry of Charles V.; the bastions to the walls and the gate of Santo Spirito; the Capella Paolina; the staircase at the Sistine Chapel, and the Palazzo Farnese near the Campo di Fiore, are among his numerous works.

153. BALDASSARE PERUZZI of Volterra.--Plan and model of the cathedral at Carpi; designs for the façade of San Petronio, and for the gate of San Michele in Bosco at Bologna; fortifications at Siena. At Rome, the little palace for Agostino Chigi, now called the Farnesina, in the Lungara; palazzo Massimi, near the church of San Pantaleo; villa di Papa Giulio III.; cortile of the palazzo d'Altemps; casino at the palazzo Chigi; tomb of Pope Hadrian IV. in the church dell' Anima; palazzo Spinosa, now the hospital degli Eretici convertiti; and assisted in the erection of St. Peter's.

154. MARCO DI PINO of Siena.-Modernised the church della Trinità di Palazzo, and built the church and convent of Gesù Vecchio at Naples.

155. PIETRO BERRETINI, or PIETRO DA CORTONA.-Portico of the church of Sta. Maria della Pace at Rome; made a design for the façade of the Louvre; palazzo Sacchetti at Ostia; several chapels; the façade of the church of Sta. Maria in Via Lata, and the church of SS. Maria Martina and Luca Evangelista, his masterpieces; and the cupola and other parts of the church of San Ambrogio and Carlo in the Corso.

156. ANDREA BRIOSCO, or RICCIO, of Padua.-Church of Sta. Giustina, and loggia and council house in the Piazza degli Signori, at Padua.

157. GIOVANNI MERLIANO of Nola, in Italy.-At Naples, Strada di Toledo; churches of S.

Giorgio de' Genovesi and of S. Giacomo degli Spagnuoli; palazzo of the Principe di Sansevero, and palazzo of the Duca della Torre; the Castel Capuano, altered to a court of law; a fountain at the extremity of the Mole; and triumphal arches at Naples for the entrance of Charles V.

158. FERDINANDO MANLIO of Naples.-Third cortile to the palazzo Reale; church and hospital della Nunziata; Strada di Porta Nolana, and di Capua, with other streets and palaces at Naples; a bridge at Capua.

159. JUAN GIL DE HONTANON of Rasines, in Spain.-" Maestro principal" at the cathedral of Salamanca, erected from the designs of A. Rodriguez and A. de Egas.

160. RODRIGO GIL DE HONTANON of Spain.-Continued the cathedrals of Salamanca and of Segovia; works at Seville; church at Valladolid; rebuilt the dome of the cathedral at Seville; and commenced the cathedral at Segovia.

161. BACCIO D'AGNOLO of Florence.-Several triumphal arches for the visit of Pope Leo X., and of Charles V., at Florence. Campanile of San Miniato in Monte was executed, and that of Santo Spirito commenced, by him; designed the entablature and gallery round the bottom of the cupola of Sta. Maria del Fiore, the great altar and choir of which was built by his son GIULIANO; palazzo for Giovanni Bartolini on the Piazza della Santa Trinità, and the palaces, all at Florence.

162. GIOVANNI MARIA FALCONETTO of Verona.-Loggia of two storeys at the palazzo Cornaro; and a music hall; commenced the church of Sta. Maria delle Grazie ; Doric portal to the palazzo del Capitanio; gates of S. Giovanni, and of Savonarola, all at Padua ; palazzo Savorgnano at Usopo in Friuli.

163. PIETRO DE URIA of Spain.-Bridge of Almaraz, over the Tagus, having two arches, one about 150 feet, and the other 119 feet.

164. ALONZO DE COVARRUBIAS DE LEIVA of Spain.-Worked for, or was consulted upon the cathedrals at Toledo, Salamanca, Plasencia, Segovia, and Seville. Archiepiscopal palace at Alcala de Henares. With Luis de Vega rebuilt and enlarged the palaces at Madrid and Toledo for Charles V. With Vidana he designed the celebrated

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