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ARCHITECTURE OF THE RENAISSANCE
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the monument itself, but further details are described in Brunelleschi's own account of what he intended to do.[1] From this

Section of the dome, Florence Cathedral, figure 8 from "Character of Renaissance Architecture"

Fig. 8.—Section.

Part Plan, Florence Cathedral, figure 9 from "Character of Renaissance Architecture"

Fig. 9.—Part Plan.

  1. ↑ A copy of this document is said to have been preserved for some time in the archives of the Board of Works, but it seems to have disappeared subsequently. It is given, however, by several writers, Vasari and Guasti among them. There are slight differences of wording and of measurements between the transcripts of these two authors. That of Guasti is the most intelligible, and seems to agree best with
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